Albany vs Putney

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

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

Albany has the higher population (67,939 vs 3,244 in Putney). Putney has the higher median household income ($69,615 vs $45,201 in Albany). Putney has the higher median home value ($132,300 vs $118,700 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Putney
Population	67,939	3,244
Median age	35.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,201	$69,615
Median home value	$118,700	$132,300
Median gross rent	$898	$1,132
Housing units	33,077	1,304
Homeownership rate	39.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	27.7%
Unemployment rate	11.5%	13.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Putney
Population	73,478 → 67,939 (-7.5%)	2,549 → 3,244 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$36,615 → $45,201 (+23.4%)	$57,995 → $69,615 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$99,800 → $118,700 (+18.9%)	$90,200 → $132,300 (+46.7%)
Median gross rent	$738 → $898 (+21.7%)	$844 → $1,132 (+34.1%)

Albany

Population

73,47867,939

Median household income

$36,615$45,201

Median home value

$99,800$118,700

Median gross rent

$738$898

Putney

Population

2,5493,244

Median household income

$57,995$69,615

Median home value

$90,200$132,300

Median gross rent

$844$1,132

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Putney
Under 5	6.6%	10.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	11.0%	13.2%
25 to 34	14.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.8%
75 and over	6.2%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Putney
White (non-Hispanic)	18.5%	45.7%
Black or African American	75.8%	43.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Putney
No high school diploma	15.6%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.7%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Putney
Drove alone	77.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	9.9%	13.5%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	2.4%
Other means	1.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Putney
1-unit, detached	55.4%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Putney
Poverty rate	29.2%	15.4%
Average household size	2.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1974	1976