Albany’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Albany is worth considering.
One of the benefits of Albany is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.15 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.
Albany is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Albany rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.91% of adults 25 and older in Albany have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Albany in 2022 was $25,808, which is middle income relative to Kentucky, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,232 for a family of four. However, Albany contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Albany include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Scottish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
