Who's moving to and from Albany County, New York?

More left than arrived in 2022–23: 13,534 people in, 14,417 out. Most were moving between New York counties.

See where they went ↓
Net change
−883 people
−510 households
Arrivals' income
$66.4k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return
Leavers' income
$79.6k
avg income reported on the second-year tax return

Where people leaving Albany County went in New York

Orange lines show departures · thicker line = more people

Moves to and from other New York counties, 2022–23. Out-of-state moves, like Middlesex County, MA, are listed below.

Where did newcomers come from?

About 7 in 10 already lived in New York. People, 2022–23.

  1. Rensselaer County2,459
  2. Schenectady County1,591
  3. Saratoga County1,178
  4. Queens County450
  5. Kings County433
  6. Greene County350
  7. Bronx County280
  8. Smaller moves from many other places (each under 20 households)3,247

Where did people go?

About 6 in 10 who left stayed in New York. People, 2022–23.

  1. Rensselaer County2,435
  2. Schenectady County1,845
  3. Saratoga County1,765
  4. Kings County273
  5. Greene County239
  6. New York County191
  7. Queens County185
  8. Smaller moves to many other places (each under 20 households)3,614

Not counted above

Arrived from abroad
93 people
Left for abroad
86 people

Moves abroad are never included in net change.

Is Albany usually growing from moves?

No. More households have left than arrived every year since 2013–14.

Net migration · households (tax returns)
13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22−51022–23††‡†
Net migration of Albany County (Net migration · households (tax returns))
YearValue
2013–14−726
2014–15 †−377
2015–16−838
2016–17 †−1,524
2017–18−1,245
2018–19 ‡−1,160
2019–20−621
2020–21−620
2021–22−677
2022–23 †−510

The IRS changed its processing in 2014–15, 2016–17 and 2022–23. Compare years between the dotted lines. ‡ County disclosure-method change in 2018–19: small counts began being deleted rather than reassigned to similar categories. County figures across this break may not be comparable.

Cite this page

Moved Where. “Who's moving to and from Albany County, New York?” movedwhere.com/county/albany-county-ny. Data: IRS Statistics of Income migration data, 2022–23.