Albany vs Piedmont

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

Albany and Piedmont 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 11,012 in Piedmont). Piedmont has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $135,927 in Albany). Piedmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,188,600 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Piedmont
Population	19,768	11,012
Median age	37.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$135,927	$250,001
Median home value	$1,188,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,389	$3,501
Housing units	8,000	3,926
Homeownership rate	53.6%	90.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.4%	86.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Piedmont
Population	19,804 → 19,768 (-0.2%)	11,317 → 11,012 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$95,400 → $135,927 (+42.5%)	$224,659 → $250,001 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$882,500 → $1,188,600 (+34.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,856 → $2,389 (+28.7%)	$3,229 → $3,501 (+8.4%)

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

Piedmont

Population

11,31711,012

Median household income

$224,659$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,229$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Piedmont
Under 5	6.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	21.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	5.1%
35 to 44	16.3%	15.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	9.0%	13.2%
75 and over	5.0%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Piedmont
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	65.8%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	28.8%	22.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Piedmont
No high school diploma	2.6%	1.1%
High school graduate	8.7%	4.3%
Some college or associate's	12.4%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.2%	34.9%
Graduate or professional degree	42.1%	51.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Piedmont
Drove alone	37.4%	44.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	8.2%
Public transit	16.3%	10.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	33.5%	35.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Piedmont
1-unit, detached	50.1%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Piedmont
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.50	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1951	1938