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. Much of the housing stock in Albany was built prior to World War II, 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 made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Albany is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy.

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.

One of the benefits of Albany is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.12 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

For the size of the city, public transportation in Albany is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Albany, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Albany Information and Demographics

The education level of Albany citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 32.52% of adults in Albany have at least a bachelor's 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.