Albany is home to 130,706 people. Few US metro areas rank higher on income. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 22% of adults. Growth has run 27% since 2000, or 27,637 more people. The foreign-born share is 4%. Density works out to 57 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $76,329, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 40.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
22% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 68%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Albany
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$122,644 → $376,400(+207%)US over the same years: +67%
Among the 20 metro and micro areas based in Oregon
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.9%(1,783)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.6%(2,039)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era39.1%(3,692)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.5%(331)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.8%(76)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 9,431 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Albany, decade by decade
Albany population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
91,227
$60,503
$122,644
11.0%
10.8
2000
103,069
$68,345
$223,881
13.4%
20.6
2010
116,672
$65,933
$259,374
16.3%
29.3
2020
128,610
$72,173
$291,132
19.5%
41.6
2024
130,706
$76,329
$376,400
21.6%
40.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
