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Albany, NY
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Albany profile


Living in Albany



Albany is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 100,826 people and 40 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.

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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.04% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

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 decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

A lot of people in Albany take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Albany, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.

The citizens of Albany are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.06% of adults in Albany have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Albany in 2018 was $31,969, 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 $127,876 for a family of four. However, Albany contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Albany is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Albany home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albany residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albany include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.

In addition, Albany has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.53%).

The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.