City · Clinton County, Kentucky

Albany, Kentucky

Albany is a city in Clinton County, Kentucky. It has 1,896 residents. Albany, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 31 out of 100 (low), ranking #10,837 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Kentucky it ranks #119 of 243 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), property crime rate (low) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on average weekly wage (low), adult smoking (high) and public EV charging ports (low).

31Low

Quality-of-life score: #10,837 of 15,651 cities and towns
Kentucky: #119 of 243 in KY
Population: 1,896 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 833.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 2100694

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety76#3,702/15,637
Economy19#12,678/15,631
Housing98#251/14,977
Health2#15,292/15,609
Healthcare18#12,800/15,650
Environment71#4,430/15,453
Education24#11,894/15,649
Infrastructure7#14,623/15,650
Community19#12,655/15,651
Leisure & amenities64#5,713/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Albany, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Clinton 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

Pharmacies · high6.6 /10k
100/100Kentucky 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClinton County value
Property crime rate · low242 /100k
98/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureClinton County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Kentucky 5.5 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataClinton County value
Public libraries · high2.2 /10k
92/100Kentucky 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesClinton County value
Violent crime rate · low81 /100k
91/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureClinton County value
Rent-burdened households · low38.8%
90/100Kentucky 45.4%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070

Weaknesses

Average weekly wage · low$808
1/100Kentucky $1,202United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsClinton County value
Adult smoking · high25.0%
2/100Kentucky 17.6%United States 16.1%2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Kentucky 2.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyClinton County value
Preventable hospital stays · high4,556 /100k
4/100Kentucky 3,415 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteClinton County value
Depression · high30.5%
4/100Kentucky 27.4%United States 20.7%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · high153 mi
4/100Kentucky 78 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauClinton County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,272 (2015-2019) → 1,896 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
57.3% (2015-2019) → 14.2% (2020-2024)
−43 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
43.4% (2015-2019) → 77.4% (2020-2024)
+34 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Poverty rateImproving
40.7% (2015-2019) → 13.6% (2020-2024)
−27 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$18,824 (2015-2019) → $44,007 (2020-2024)
+134%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
50.4% (2015-2019) → 38.8% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

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, Kentucky improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved3

Poverty−27 points40.7% → 13.6%
Household income+134%$18,824 → $44,007
Broadband+34 points43.4% → 77.4%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Albany, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Broadband subscriptions	43.4%2015-2019	77.4%2020-2024	+34 points	Improved	99%
Effective property tax rate	0.48%2015-2019	0.59%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	6%
High school diploma or higher	69.5%2015-2019	73.9%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	−0.9×	Within the margin of error	97%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4952015-2019	0.4472020-2024	−0.049	Within the margin of error	83%
Median household income	$18,8242015-2019	$44,0072020-2024	+134%	Improved	100%
Poverty rate	40.7%2015-2019	13.6%2020-2024	−27 points	Improved	100%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	19.5%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	94%
Rent-burdened households	50.4%2015-2019	38.8%2020-2024	−12 points	Within the margin of error	85%

“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, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Albany, Kentucky 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, Kentucky itself moved +18.4 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,896 residents (±378)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

828 households (±155)

Albany, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k28%†234
$25k–50k30%†249
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

828 households (±155)

Albany, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own41%†338
Rent59%490

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

882 workers (±245)

Albany, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone88%†772
Carpool9.2%†81
Public transit

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 Clinton County, the county holding most of Albany's residents.

Clinton County has 175 employer establishments, 190 for every 10,000 residents (0.77× the US rate of 248; 0.92× Kentucky's), with 2,565 paid employees at an average annual pay of $36,372. The Census Bureau also counts 761 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 175; 761 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 190; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 2,565
Average annual pay: $36,372; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	16	17.4	0.95×About typical	181	$15,077	3
Ambulatory health care services	15	16.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	134	$55,090	18
Limited-service restaurants	9	9.8	1.22×Too few to compare	132	$17,189	—
Specialty trade contractors	8	8.7	0.56×Too few to compare	24	$36,542	151
Truck transportation	8	8.7	1.72×Too few to compare	51	$49,020	26
Offices of physicians	6	6.5	1.01×Too few to compare	58	$65,845	—
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	5	5.4	3.11×Too few to compare	24	$19,875	—
Full-service restaurants	5	5.4	0.71×Too few to compare	40	$9,275	—
General merchandise stores	5	5.4	3.08×Too few to compare	46	$20,522	4
Health and personal care stores	5	5.4	2.05×Too few to compare	58	$29,983	5
Pharmacies and drug stores	5	5.4	4.38×Too few to compare	58	$29,983	—
Religious organizations	5	5.4	0.98×Too few to compare	7	$27,571	—

Rank places for an industry Open Clinton County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 9,192 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

In FY2026, an estimated -$5.39 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Albany, Kentucky: -$0.00 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$5.39; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.00; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

RAN-PAIGE CO., INC.-$5.390.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.8KFY2017
7.1KFY2018
2.9KFY2019
2.8KFY2020
1.9KFY2021
12.1KFY2022
113.9FY2023
3.1KFY2024
7K

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Albany, Kentucky, so they do not add up across cities.

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

See federal money in Clinton 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, Kentucky is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James ComerR-KY-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Clinton County29100% of residents

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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