The overall crime rate in Albany is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Albany has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Albany has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Albany than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Albany may be for you.
Albany is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of adults in Albany who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 18.69% of the adults in Albany have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Albany in 2022 was $22,092, which is lower middle income relative to Kentucky, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,368 for a family of four. However, Albany contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Albany home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Albany residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Albany include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, German, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
