Housing density: 4,879 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $1,043,180.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is $1,857, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,312
Median gross rent in Albany, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Albany with a mortgage: 2,530 (376 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 346 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 76
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $231,185
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $113,155
3,572 married couples with children.
926 single-parent households (205 men, 721 women).
64.4% of residents of Albany speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (86% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
8.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 1% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
20.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 30% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 5,476 (27.9%)
(53.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 74.4% Number of people working at home: 4,351 (42.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 174
5 to 9 minutes: 351
10 to 14 minutes: 640
15 to 19 minutes: 825
20 to 24 minutes: 991
25 to 29 minutes: 422
30 to 34 minutes: 1,037
35 to 39 minutes: 172
40 to 44 minutes: 293
45 to 59 minutes: 718
60 to 89 minutes: 596
90 or more minutes: 132
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 3,536 (43.5%)
Carpooled: 389 (4.8%)
Bus: 87 (1.1%)
Subway or elevated rail: 49 (0.6%)
Taxi: 66 (0.8%)
Bicycle: 63 (0.8%)
Walked: 254 (3.1%)
Worked at home: 4,351 (53.5%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
2.9%Males
2.3%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
5.9%Males
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
1.1%Males
3.6%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
2.6%Males
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
1.1%Males
4.1%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
2.5%Males
3.8%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Albany, California
2,1962010 or later
1,5382000 to 2009
8881990 to 1999
1,0771980 to 1989
5711970 to 1979
648Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
European: 384 (3.8%)
English: 356 (3.6%)
American: 281 (2.8%)
Iranian: 240 (2.4%)
German: 218 (2.2%)
Albanian: 202 (2.0%)
Italian: 176 (1.8%)
Irish: 164 (1.6%)
Eastern European: 129 (1.3%)
French: 113 (1.1%)
Northern European: 101 (1.0%)
Jamaican: 94 (0.9%)
Polish: 79 (0.8%)
Norwegian: 73 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 64 (0.6%)
Russian: 61 (0.6%)
British: 37 (0.4%)
African: 37 (0.4%)
Swedish: 37 (0.4%)
Scottish: 32 (0.3%)
Turkish: 31 (0.3%)
Danish: 28 (0.3%)
Dutch: 27 (0.3%)
Romanian: 26 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 24 (0.2%)
Brazilian: 22 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.2%)
Nigerian: 20 (0.2%)
Greek: 18 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 12 (0.1%)
Afghan: 11 (0.1%)
Finnish: 10 (0.1%)
Belgian: 9 (0.09%)
Slovak: 9 (0.09%)
Basque: 8 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.07%)
Cypriot: 6 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.04%)
Iraqi: 4 (0.04%)
Bulgarian: 3 (0.03%)
Arab: 3 (0.03%)
Kenyan: 3 (0.03%)
Croatian: 3 (0.03%)
Swiss: 3 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Albany:
23.4% (1,281)
California:
6.6% (684,672)
Japan
Albany:
9.4% (514)
California:
1.0% (103,575)
Korea
Albany:
8.5% (463)
California:
3.0% (315,248)
India
Albany:
7.4% (407)
California:
5.2% (539,184)
Taiwan
Albany:
4.4% (239)
California:
1.7% (176,274)
Iran
Albany:
4.1% (226)
California:
2.0% (206,004)
Mexico
Albany:
3.6% (196)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Nepal
Albany:
3.0% (167)
California:
0.2% (16,541)
Kazakhstan
Albany:
2.7% (147)
California:
0.1% (6,648)
Hong Kong
Albany:
2.5% (137)
California:
1.0% (105,215)
Philippines
Albany:
2.2% (123)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Albania
Albany:
2.0% (107)
California:
0.0% (1,713)
Other Eastern Asia
Albany:
1.8% (101)
California:
0.0% (5,043)
France
Albany:
1.7% (93)
California:
0.4% (40,224)
Canada
Albany:
1.5% (83)
California:
1.2% (127,477)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 8,788
Other state: 4,933
Northeast: 1,591
Midwest: 1,418
South: 999
West: 941
83.3% of Albany residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 31.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 77.0% lived in California.
Albany:
83.3%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 87
Nursery to 4th grade: 8
5th and 6th grade: 25
7th and 8th grade: 6
9th grade: 6
10th grade: 15
11th grade: 7
12th grade, no diploma: 60
High school graduate (or equivalency): 759
Less than 1 year of college: 74
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 409
Associate degree: 186
Bachelor's degree: 1,980
Master's degree: 1,748
Professional school degree: 285
Doctorate degree: 980
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 103
Nursery to 4th grade: 5
5th and 6th grade: 15
7th and 8th grade: 3
9th grade: 7
10th grade: 5
11th grade: 10
12th grade, no diploma: 32
High school graduate (or equivalency): 420
Less than 1 year of college: 160
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 449
Associate degree: 321
Bachelor's degree: 2,704
Master's degree: 2,220
Professional school degree: 418
Doctorate degree: 585
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,926
One, attached: 447
Two: 300
3 or 4: 583
5 to 9: 635
10 to 19: 813
20 to 49: 654
50 or more: 935
Mobile homes: 6
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 2.0%
House/condo owner moved in on average 18 years ago