Albany County vs Rockland County

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

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

Rockland County has the higher population (338,936 vs 315,374 in Albany County). Rockland County has the higher median household income ($110,631 vs $83,149 in Albany County). Rockland County has the higher median home value ($564,200 vs $277,400 in Albany County).

Population, income & housing

	Albany County	Rockland County
Population	315,374	338,936
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,149	$110,631
Median home value	$277,400	$564,200
Median gross rent	$1,252	$1,826
Housing units	146,959	108,576
Homeownership rate	56.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Albany County	Rockland County
Population	306,968 → 315,374 (+2.7%)	324,422 → 338,936 (+4.5%)
Median household income	$66,252 → $83,149 (+25.5%)	$93,024 → $110,631 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$222,500 → $277,400 (+24.7%)	$443,400 → $564,200 (+27.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,022 → $1,252 (+22.5%)	$1,504 → $1,826 (+21.4%)

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

Rockland County

Population

324,422338,936

Median household income

$93,024$110,631

Median home value

$443,400$564,200

Median gross rent

$1,504$1,826

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Albany County	Rockland County
Under 5	4.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	20.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.6%
75 and over	7.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Albany County	Rockland County
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	60.6%
Black or African American	11.4%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Albany County	Rockland County
No high school diploma	6.8%	12.3%
High school graduate	21.6%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Albany County	Rockland County
Drove alone	67.6%	66.3%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.6%
Public transit	4.3%	6.3%
Walked	4.2%	3.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	12.8%
Other means	1.4%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Albany County	Rockland County
1-unit, detached	48.7%	57.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	9.1%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Albany County	Rockland County
Poverty rate	12.9%	15.6%
Average household size	2.24	3.22
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1964	1970