Albany vs Nelsonville

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

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

Nelsonville has the higher population (3,816 vs 909 in Albany). Albany has the higher median household income ($66,518 vs $42,281 in Nelsonville). Albany has the higher median home value ($140,800 vs $90,700 in Nelsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Nelsonville
Population	909	3,816
Median age	42.7 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$66,518	$42,281
Median home value	$140,800	$90,700
Median gross rent	$1,039	$760
Housing units	415	1,810
Homeownership rate	75.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	13.4%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	8.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Nelsonville
Population	824 → 909 (+10.3%)	4,769 → 3,816 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$47,115 → $66,518 (+41.2%)	$28,886 → $42,281 (+46.4%)
Median home value	$111,900 → $140,800 (+25.8%)	$78,600 → $90,700 (+15.4%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,039 (+43.3%)	$750 → $760 (+1.3%)

Albany

Population

824909

Median household income

$47,115$66,518

Median home value

$111,900$140,800

Median gross rent

$725$1,039

Nelsonville

Population

4,7693,816

Median household income

$28,886$42,281

Median home value

$78,600$90,700

Median gross rent

$750$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Nelsonville
Under 5	9.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.3%
18 to 24	5.3%	23.1%
25 to 34	13.5%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.1%	9.2%
45 to 54	14.6%	9.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.1%
75 and over	11.6%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Nelsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	88.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Nelsonville
No high school diploma	4.5%	16.6%
High school graduate	36.6%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Nelsonville
Drove alone	79.0%	81.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.6%
Other means	4.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Nelsonville
1-unit, detached	72.5%	53.3%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Nelsonville
Poverty rate	7.2%	20.7%
Average household size	2.49	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	22	29
Median year structure built	1977	1949