Albany vs Roessleville

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

Albany and Roessleville 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 11,327 in Roessleville). Roessleville has the higher median household income ($87,022 vs $59,485 in Albany). Roessleville has the higher median home value ($249,100 vs $223,000 in Albany).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Roessleville
Population	100,081	11,327
Median age	31.9 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,485	$87,022
Median home value	$223,000	$249,100
Median gross rent	$1,178	$1,362
Housing units	50,709	5,303
Homeownership rate	37.9%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.8%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Roessleville
Population	97,478 → 100,081 (+2.7%)	11,843 → 11,327 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$45,825 → $59,485 (+29.8%)	$76,404 → $87,022 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$179,100 → $223,000 (+24.5%)	$215,100 → $249,100 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $1,178 (+21.6%)	$1,120 → $1,362 (+21.6%)

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

Roessleville

Population

11,84311,327

Median household income

$76,404$87,022

Median home value

$215,100$249,100

Median gross rent

$1,120$1,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Roessleville
Under 5	4.3%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	22.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.2%	15.9%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.9%	11.1%
75 and over	5.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Roessleville
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	70.7%
Black or African American	24.8%	6.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Roessleville
No high school diploma	10.4%	5.4%
High school graduate	20.4%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Roessleville
Drove alone	54.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	11.7%
Public transit	10.9%	3.9%
Walked	9.3%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	11.6%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Roessleville
1-unit, detached	26.7%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	42.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.4%
20 or more units	12.6%	13.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Roessleville
Poverty rate	23.4%	6.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1949	1964