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Albany, KY
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Albany is a very small city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 1,733 people and four associated neighborhoods, Albany is the 208th largest community in Kentucky.

Of important note, Albany is also a city of artists. Albany has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Albany’s character.

Albany’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Albany has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Albany a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

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, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.69% of adults 25 and older in Albany have a college 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.


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