Albany County vs Richmond County

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

Albany County and Richmond County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond County has the higher population (492,734 vs 315,374 in Albany County). Richmond County has the higher median household income ($98,290 vs $83,149 in Albany County). Richmond County has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $277,400 in Albany County).

Population, income & housing

	Albany County	Richmond County
Population	315,374	492,734
Median age	38.3 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,149	$98,290
Median home value	$277,400	$658,500
Median gross rent	$1,252	$1,689
Housing units	146,959	184,074
Homeownership rate	56.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany County	Richmond County
Population	306,968 → 315,374 (+2.7%)	474,893 → 492,734 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$66,252 → $83,149 (+25.5%)	$82,783 → $98,290 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$222,500 → $277,400 (+24.7%)	$504,800 → $658,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,252 (+22.5%)	$1,319 → $1,689 (+28.1%)

Albany County

Population

306,968315,374

Median household income

$66,252$83,149

Median home value

$222,500$277,400

Median gross rent

$1,022$1,252

Richmond County

Population

474,893492,734

Median household income

$82,783$98,290

Median home value

$504,800$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany County	Richmond County
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	10.1%
75 and over	7.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany County	Richmond County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	56.6%
Black or African American	11.4%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	7.2%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany County	Richmond County
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	21.6%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany County	Richmond County
Drove alone	67.6%	52.7%
Carpooled	8.5%	9.2%
Public transit	4.3%	24.3%
Walked	4.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	13.6%	9.5%
Other means	1.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany County	Richmond County
1-unit, detached	48.7%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	25.6%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	3.4%
20 or more units	9.1%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Albany County	Richmond County
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.24	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	21	43
Median year structure built	1964	1974