Albany vs Sweet Home

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

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

Albany has the higher population (56,773 vs 9,977 in Sweet Home). Albany has the higher median household income ($73,809 vs $59,479 in Sweet Home). Albany has the higher median home value ($352,900 vs $245,700 in Sweet Home).

Population, income & housing

	Albany	Sweet Home
Population	56,773	9,977
Median age	37.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,809	$59,479
Median home value	$352,900	$245,700
Median gross rent	$1,311	$1,135
Housing units	22,552	4,203
Homeownership rate	59.4%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.6%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany	Sweet Home
Population	53,521 → 56,773 (+6.1%)	9,619 → 9,977 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$60,624 → $73,809 (+21.7%)	$43,589 → $59,479 (+36.5%)
Median home value	$226,200 → $352,900 (+56.0%)	$153,000 → $245,700 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$966 → $1,311 (+35.7%)	$934 → $1,135 (+21.5%)

Albany

Population

53,52156,773

Median household income

$60,624$73,809

Median home value

$226,200$352,900

Median gross rent

$966$1,311

Sweet Home

Population

9,6199,977

Median household income

$43,589$59,479

Median home value

$153,000$245,700

Median gross rent

$934$1,135

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany	Sweet Home
Under 5	7.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	14.3%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.7%	10.6%
75 and over	6.7%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany	Sweet Home
White (non-Hispanic)	76.7%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany	Sweet Home
No high school diploma	7.3%	17.5%
High school graduate	23.3%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany	Sweet Home
Drove alone	73.4%	75.6%
Carpooled	8.1%	12.1%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	7.8%
Other means	1.3%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany	Sweet Home
1-unit, detached	60.8%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	13.3%

Poverty & households

	Albany	Sweet Home
Poverty rate	13.3%	17.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	21	33
Median year structure built	1980	1973