Albany vs Glouster

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

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

Glouster has the higher population (1,556 vs 909 in Albany). Albany has the higher median household income ($66,518 vs $37,639 in Glouster). Albany has the higher median home value ($140,800 vs $75,300 in Glouster).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Glouster
Population	909	1,556
Median age	42.7 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,518	$37,639
Median home value	$140,800	$75,300
Median gross rent	$1,039	$761
Housing units	415	756
Homeownership rate	75.3%	67.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Glouster
Population	824 → 909 (+10.3%)	1,896 → 1,556 (-17.9%)
Median household income	$47,115 → $66,518 (+41.2%)	$30,880 → $37,639 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $140,800 (+25.8%)	$58,100 → $75,300 (+29.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,039 (+43.3%)	$662 → $761 (+15.0%)

Albany

Population

824909

Median household income

$47,115$66,518

Median home value

$111,900$140,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,039

Glouster

Population

1,8961,556

Median household income

$30,880$37,639

Median home value

$58,100$75,300

Median gross rent

$662$761

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Glouster
Under 5	9.4%	6.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	20.4%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	14.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.3%
75 and over	11.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Glouster
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	94.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Glouster
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.9%
High school graduate	36.6%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Glouster
Drove alone	79.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	13.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	6.2%
Other means	4.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Glouster
1-unit, detached	72.5%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Glouster
Poverty rate	7.2%	27.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1977	1946