Albany vs Emeryville

A side-by-side comparison of Albany and Emeryville: population, income, housing, and more.

Albany and Emeryville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Albany has the higher population (19,768 vs 12,756 in Emeryville). Albany has the higher median household income ($135,927 vs $120,302 in Emeryville). Albany has the higher median home value ($1,188,600 vs $598,300 in Emeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Emeryville
Population	19,768	12,756
Median age	37.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$135,927	$120,302
Median home value	$1,188,600	$598,300
Median gross rent	$2,389	$2,833
Housing units	8,000	8,447
Homeownership rate	53.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.4%	74.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Emeryville
Population	19,804 → 19,768 (-0.2%)	11,899 → 12,756 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$95,400 → $135,927 (+42.5%)	$102,725 → $120,302 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$882,500 → $1,188,600 (+34.7%)	$489,400 → $598,300 (+22.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,856 → $2,389 (+28.7%)	$2,380 → $2,833 (+19.0%)

Albany

Population

19,80419,768

Median household income

$95,400$135,927

Median home value

$882,500$1,188,600

Median gross rent

$1,856$2,389

Emeryville

Population

11,89912,756

Median household income

$102,725$120,302

Median home value

$489,400$598,300

Median gross rent

$2,380$2,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Emeryville
Under 5	6.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	4.3%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	33.4%
35 to 44	16.3%	20.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.3%
75 and over	5.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Emeryville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	35.4%
Black or African American	3.3%	17.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.8%	29.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	1.6%	2.4%
Two or more races	9.4%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	10.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Emeryville
No high school diploma	2.6%	2.2%
High school graduate	8.7%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	40.2%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Emeryville
Drove alone	37.4%	38.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.7%
Public transit	16.3%	11.5%
Walked	4.8%	6.3%
Bicycle	3.5%	2.6%
Worked from home	33.5%	34.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Emeryville
1-unit, detached	50.1%	6.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	8.8%
20 or more units	17.9%	71.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Emeryville
Poverty rate	8.2%	9.6%
Average household size	2.50	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1951	1987