Albion is a somewhat small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 5,651 people and five associated neighborhoods, Albion is the 290th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Albion was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.Albion is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Albion is a village of sales and office workers, service providers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albion who work in office and administrative support (18.61%), sales jobs (12.04%), and healthcare suport services (7.70%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.72% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. It is a fairly quiet village because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Albion has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Albion has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Albion than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Albion may be for you. As is often the case in a small village, Albion doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The citizens of Albion have a very low rate of college education: just 7.68% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities. The per capita income in Albion in 2022 was $25,134, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,536 for a family of four. However, Albion contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Albion is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Albion home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albion residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albion include German, Irish, Italian, English, and Jamaican. The most common language spoken in Albion is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
