Town · Delaware County, Indiana

Albany, Indiana

Albany is a town in Delaware County, Indiana, part of the Muncie, IN metro area. It has 2,907 residents. Albany, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 27 out of 100 (low), ranking #11,465 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Indiana it ranks #271 of 353 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), primary care physicians (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), voter turnout (low) and depression (high).

27Low

Quality-of-life score: #11,465 of 15,651 cities and towns
Indiana: #271 of 353 in IN
Population: 2,907 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,467.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 1800802

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety21#12,386/15,637
Economy45#8,607/15,631
Housing88#1,757/14,977
Health21#12,317/15,609
Healthcare53#7,408/15,650
Environment28#11,121/15,453
Education30#10,882/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,317/15,650
Community27#11,358/15,651
Leisure & amenities31#10,761/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Albany, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Delaware County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Home price to income ratio · low1.8×
95/100Indiana 3.0×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Primary care physicians · high121 /100k
92/100Indiana 66 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.357
91/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Flu vaccinations · high52.0%
83/100Indiana 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Social associations · high12.9 /10k
82/100Indiana 11.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Rent-burdened households · low35.5%
77/100Indiana 48.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high254 min
2/100Indiana 148 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDelaware County value
Voter turnout · low51.6%
6/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionDelaware County value
Depression · high29.3%
8/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food environment index · low6.5
8/100Indiana 6.5United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value
Grocery stores · low0.9 /10k
9/100Indiana 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDelaware County value
Injury deaths · high130 /100k
9/100Indiana 96 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDelaware County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,094 (2015-2019) → 2,907 (2020-2024)
+39%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
17.3% (2015-2019) → 4.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
New homes permittedImproving
0.7 /1k (2021) → 1.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+48%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.5% (2015-2019) → 87.1% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.1% (2015-2019) → 35.5% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.8% (2015-2019) → 2.7% (2020-2024)
−6.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Albany, Indiana improved on 2 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved2

Uninsured−13 points17.3% → 4.8%
Household income+16%$50,032 → $58,026

Declined1

Price / income+0.4×1.4× → 1.8×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Albany, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.6 min2015-2019	31.8 min2020-2024	+5.3 min	Within the margin of error	9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%2015-2019	12.7%2020-2024	−4.1 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Broadband subscriptions	78.5%2015-2019	87.1%2020-2024	+8.6 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Effective property tax rate	0.83%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Declined	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3632015-2019	0.3572020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$50,0322015-2019	$58,0262020-2024	+16%	Improved	25%
Poverty rate	8.9%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	−2.1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.6%2015-2019	24.8%2020-2024	+3.2 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Rent-burdened households	27.1%2015-2019	35.5%2020-2024	+8.4 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.3%2015-2019	4.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	98%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Albany, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Albany, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Albany, Indiana itself moved −10.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,907 residents (±527)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−5.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,907 residents (±527)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

White95%2,761
Black0.1%†4
Hispanic or Latino2.8%†81
Asian0.5%†14
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†1
Other or two or more races1.6%†46

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

2,197 residents (±445)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma8.9%†196
High school or GED51%†1,120
Some college20%430
Associate degree7.8%†171
Bachelor's degree9.8%†216
Graduate degree2.9%†64

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,278 households (±253)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k17%†217
$25k–50k22%†277
$50k–75k28%†359
$75k–100k16%206
$100k–150k13%†167
$150k–200k2.0%†26
$200k or more2.0%†26

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (+7.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,278 households (±253)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Own82%1,043
Rent18%†235

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+17.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

217 households (±80)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75056%†122
$750–1,0009.2%†20
$1,000–1,50035%†75

Home values

1,043 homes (±231)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k70%731
$150k–250k26%†268
$250k–400k3.1%†32

Age of homes

1,390 homes (±259)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later2.8%†39
2000–20093.5%†49
1980–199912%†167

Size of homes

1,390 homes (±259)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio0.1%†1
1 bedroom10%†141
2 bedrooms18%†246

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,209 workers (±224)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone80%963
Carpool8.2%†99
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike1.5%†18
Work from home10%†121
Other0.7%†8

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,088 workers (±207)

Albany, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min14%†153
15–29 min50%543
30–44 min18%†191

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Muncie, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Delaware County, the county holding most of Albany's residents.

Delaware County has 2,314 employer establishments, 206 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Indiana's), with 40,098 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,826. The Census Bureau also counts 6,508 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,314; 6,508 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 206; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 40,098
Average annual pay: $48,826; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Delaware County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	220	19.6	0.94×About typical	3,661	$61,785	284
Restaurants and other eating places	184	16.4	0.89×About typical	4,773	$16,418	29
Specialty trade contractors	114	10.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	1,134	$61,199	462
Lessors of real estate	98	8.7	0.71×Fewer than typical	399	$35,549	577
Religious organizations	94	8.4	1.51×More than typical	780	$21,537	—
Limited-service restaurants	93	8.3	1.03×About typical	2,452	$15,994	13
Services to buildings and dwellings	78	6.9	1.03×About typical	1,828	$48,908	477
Offices of physicians	71	6.3	0.98×About typical	1,850	$72,782	44
Full-service restaurants	68	6.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	2,050	$16,671	8
Construction of buildings	57	5.1	0.67×Fewer than typical	345	$62,542	230
Gasoline stations	57	5.1	1.57×More than typical	489	$24,027	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	51	4.5	1.03×About typical	283	$74,420	106

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 112,341 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Albany is mostly in Delaware County.

See federal money in Delaware County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Albany, Indiana is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).