Albany vs Latham

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

Albany and Latham 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 14,327 in Latham). Latham has the higher median household income ($101,580 vs $59,485 in Albany). Latham has the higher median home value ($300,300 vs $223,000 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Latham
Population	100,081	14,327
Median age	31.9 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$59,485	$101,580
Median home value	$223,000	$300,300
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,417
Housing units	50,709	6,046
Homeownership rate	37.9%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	44.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Latham
Population	97,478 → 100,081 (+2.7%)	13,760 → 14,327 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$45,825 → $59,485 (+29.8%)	$81,276 → $101,580 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $223,000 (+24.5%)	$250,100 → $300,300 (+20.1%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,178 (+21.6%)	$1,241 → $1,417 (+14.2%)

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

Latham

Population

13,76014,327

Median household income

$81,276$101,580

Median home value

$250,100$300,300

Median gross rent

$1,241$1,417

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Latham
Under 5	4.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	22.2%	14.7%
25 to 34	17.2%	7.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.1%
65 to 74	7.9%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Latham
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	74.4%
Black or African American	24.8%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Latham
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.3%
High school graduate	20.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	20.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Latham
Drove alone	54.8%	70.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.3%
Public transit	10.9%	0.5%
Walked	9.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.9%	14.9%
Other means	2.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Latham
1-unit, detached	26.7%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	42.4%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	16.8%
20 or more units	12.6%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Latham
Poverty rate	23.4%	8.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	19	20
Median year structure built	1949	1976