Albany is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 2,832 people and just one neighborhood, Albany is the 255th largest community in Minnesota. Much of the housing stock in Albany was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Albany economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Albany, where the median household income is $75,417.00.
Unlike some cities, Albany isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Albany are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Albany is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Albany who work in office and administrative support (12.47%), healthcare (9.08%), and sales jobs (8.49%).
Also of interest is that Albany has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
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.
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 education level of Albany citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.38% of adults in Albany have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Albany in 2022 was $38,143, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,572 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 German, Norwegian, Irish, Polish, and Dutch.
The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Korean.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
With a nice mix of college students, safety from crime, and decent walkability, the neighborhood rates highly as a college student friendly place to live, and one that college students and their parents may want to consider. NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that it rates more highly for a good place for college students to live than 87.1% of the neighborhoods in MN. This often also means that the area has certain amenities and services geared towards college students, from undergraduates to graduate students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more German and Norwegian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 58.6% of this neighborhood's residents have German ancestry and 9.8% have Norwegian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 7.4% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 96.5% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Albany are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 69.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 69.0% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 35.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 27.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.2%), and 15.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (7.4%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Albany, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (58.6%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (9.8%), and residents who report Polish roots (6.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.9%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (2.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.7% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (83.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.