Albany

Population & Demographics

Albany, OR

Albany is home to 56,839 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 26,913 resident workers commute each day.

OregonCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
56,839
people
Population

56,839 residents

Median age 37.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Albany population & demographics

Who lives in Albany — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
56,839
Median age
37.7yrs
Median household income
$78,114
Median home value
$389,200
Median gross rent
$1,372/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
29.4%
Poverty rate
13.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Albany

How Albany breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White75.1%
Hispanic or Latino16.5%
Two or more races4.9%
Asian2.0%
Black0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%

Race across Albany

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Albany.

Albany at a glance
Employed Residents
26,913
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
21.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
28.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
14.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Corvallis
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Albany proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Albany commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

70 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Albany

26,913 commutes, one dot at a time

Albany

Where 26,913 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Albany, by worker count.

1Albany0.0 mi7,533
2Corvallis9.9 mi3,877
3Salem21.0 mi2,773
4Portland65.8 mi1,012
5Eugene39.4 mi972
6Lebanon11.4 mi745
7Millersburg4.0 mi460
8Springfield40.2 mi391

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Albany.

1Albany0.0 mi7,533
2Corvallis9.9 mi1,582
3Lebanon11.4 mi1,200
4Salem21.0 mi1,038
5Eugene39.4 mi457
6Portland65.8 mi399
7Sweet Home24.6 mi384
8Millersburg4.0 mi350

Top industries

The sectors that employ Albany’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance19.0%
RTRetail Trade14.4%
MFManufacturing11.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing7.5%
PAPublic Administration6.8%
EDEducational Services5.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.6%
COConstruction5.4%
Connectivity

Internet options for Albany

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

12 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps97%
5 Gbps60%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Albany

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).