Albany is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 100,826 people and 40 associated 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 89.13% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Albany is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albany who work in office and administrative support (13.05%), sales jobs (9.40%), and management occupations (8.09%). 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: 11.09% 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. Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Albany really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Albany is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Albany more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Albany’s character and quality of life. Many people in Albany take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Albany citizens for affordable transportation.The education level of Albany ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Albany, 42.96% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Albany in 2022 was $34,195, 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 $136,780 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. The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Asian languages.
