Albany is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 95,658 people and 28 constituent neighborhoods, Albany is the tenth largest community in New York. Albany has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Albany is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 87.96% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Albany is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albany who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.43%), sales jobs (10.27%), and management occupations (7.92%).

Also of interest is that Albany has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Albany is a nice balance between life in a moderately big city and the interesting diversions and culture that come from having a big college student population. The thousands of students who arrive on campus every fall will find that Albany has plenty of amenities and opportunities for them, while residents of Albany enjoy the lectures, music, art, and economic trickle-down that colleges typically provide. "Town and Gown" complement each other in Albany!

Not only is Albany a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Albany is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Albany a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.12 minutes getting to work every day.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Albany is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. The bus helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Albany area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Albany Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Albany is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 32.52% of adults in Albany have a college degree.

The per capita income in Albany in 2000 was $18,281, which is lower middle income relative to New York, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $73,124 for a family of four.

Albany is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Albany home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Albany is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albany include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Some people also speak Spanish.