Albany vs Cohoes

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

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

Albany has the higher population (100,081 vs 18,043 in Cohoes). Cohoes has the higher median household income ($62,111 vs $59,485 in Albany). Albany has the higher median home value ($223,000 vs $209,400 in Cohoes).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Cohoes
Population	100,081	18,043
Median age	31.9 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,485	$62,111
Median home value	$223,000	$209,400
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,179
Housing units	50,709	9,020
Homeownership rate	37.9%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Cohoes
Population	97,478 → 100,081 (+2.7%)	16,684 → 18,043 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$45,825 → $59,485 (+29.8%)	$55,054 → $62,111 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $223,000 (+24.5%)	$156,000 → $209,400 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,178 (+21.6%)	$944 → $1,179 (+24.9%)

Albany

Population

97,478100,081

Median household income

$45,825$59,485

Median home value

$179,100$223,000

Median gross rent

$969$1,178

Cohoes

Population

16,68418,043

Median household income

$55,054$62,111

Median home value

$156,000$209,400

Median gross rent

$944$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Cohoes
Under 5	4.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	17.6%
18 to 24	22.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	17.2%	13.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Cohoes
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	71.0%
Black or African American	24.8%	9.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.3%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Cohoes
No high school diploma	10.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Cohoes
Drove alone	54.8%	68.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	16.9%
Public transit	10.9%	1.8%
Walked	9.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.9%	10.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Cohoes
1-unit, detached	26.7%	26.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	42.4%	38.0%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	14.6%
20 or more units	12.6%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Cohoes
Poverty rate	23.4%	25.3%
Average household size	2.04	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1949	1953