Albany is a very small town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 1,239 people and two associated neighborhoods, Albany is the 219th largest community in Louisiana.Albany is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Albany is a town of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Albany who work in management occupations (16.62%), office and administrative support (9.50%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (9.20%). 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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.73% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In Albany, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.42 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Albany is a small town, 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%: 19.06% of the adults in Albany have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Albany in 2022 was $28,179, which is middle income relative to Louisiana, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,716 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 Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Albany include Irish, French, Welsh, Italian, and German. The most common language spoken in Albany is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
