Scores by category

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

Safety86#2,168/15,637
Economy12#13,831/15,631
Housing31#10,389/14,977
Health46#8,390/15,609
Healthcare17#12,940/15,650
Environment96#688/15,453
Education14#13,404/15,649
Infrastructure1#15,562/15,650
Community30#10,919/15,651
Leisure & amenities11#13,991/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Albion, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Orleans 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

Natural hazard risk · low2.7
97/100New York 12.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOrleans County value
Students per teacher · low10.8×
94/100New York 12.0×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsOrleans County value
Job growth · high2.6%
92/100New York -0.3%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataOrleans County value
Violent crime rate · low83 /100k
90/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationOrleans County value
Hot days · low4 days
89/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOrleans County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low122 min
86/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOrleans County value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.83%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Primary care physicians · low10 /100k
1/100New York 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOrleans County value
Broadband subscriptions · low74.0%
2/100New York 90.8%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOrleans County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100New York 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOrleans County value
Average commute time · high25.9 min
6/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Trends

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

Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.1% (2015-2019) → 11.7% (2020-2024)
+5.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
High school diploma or higherImproving
80.2% (2015-2019) → 84.7% (2020-2024)
+4.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsWorsening
77.7% (2015-2019) → 74.0% (2020-2024)
−3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
22.0 min (2015-2019) → 25.9 min (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Child poverty rateWorsening
12.2% (2015-2019) → 15.4% (2020-2024)
+3.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
41.3% (2015-2019) → 44.4% (2020-2024)
+3.1 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, Albion, New York improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Albion, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.0 min2015-2019	25.9 min2020-2024	+3.9 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.4%2015-2019	9.3%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	74.0%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	80.2%2015-2019	84.7%2020-2024	+4.5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.0×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	75%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4842015-2019	0.4142020-2024	−0.070	Within the margin of error	90%
Median household income	$39,5902015-2019	$41,5812020-2024	+5%	Within the margin of error	11%
Poverty rate	15.7%2015-2019	17.9%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Rent as share of income	26.9%2015-2019	28.3%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Rent-burdened households	41.3%2015-2019	44.4%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	6.1%2015-2019	11.7%2020-2024	+5.6 points	Within the margin of error	9%

“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 Albion, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Albion, New York 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, Albion, New York itself moved −4.2 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

5,506 residents (±336)

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

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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

5,506 residents (±336)

Albion, New York
New York share

White76%4,195
Black6.3%†348
Hispanic or Latino11%†586

Education

3,910 residents (±367)

Albion, New York
New York share

No high school diploma15%†598
High school or GED48%1,889
Some college16%†610

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

2,661 households (±284)

Albion, New York
New York share

Under $25k28%†740
$25k–50k25%†668
$50k–75k22%†596
$75k–100k13%†358
$100k–150k6.8%†182
$150k–200k3.3%†89
$200k or more1.1%†28

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 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

2,661 households (±284)

Albion, New York
New York share

Own63%1,673
Rent37%988

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

988 households (±248)

Albion, New York
New York share

Under $75033%†327
$750–1,00030%†301
$1,000–1,50027%†264

Home values

1,673 homes (±260)

Albion, New York
New York share

Under $150k88%1,467
$150k–250k7.1%†119
$250k–400k5.0%†83

Age of homes

2,989 homes (±260)

Albion, New York
New York share

2010 or later3.1%†94
2000–20093.2%†96
1980–199922%†670

Size of homes

2,989 homes (±260)

Albion, New York
New York share

Studio1.5%†44
1 bedroom16%†470
2 bedrooms32%953

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

2,319 workers (±312)

Albion, New York
New York share

Drive alone64%1,481
Carpool12%†271
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.5%†80
Bike0.0%0
Work from home16%†371
Other5.0%†116

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+12.2 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,948 workers (±320)

Albion, New York
New York share

Under 15 min34%†659
15–29 min29%†570
30–44 min16%†309

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 Rochester, NY

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 Orleans County, the county holding most of Albion's residents.

Orleans County has 662 employer establishments, 167 for every 10,000 residents (0.67× the US rate of 248; 0.61× New York's), with 7,800 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,825. The Census Bureau also counts 2,140 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 662; 2,140 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 167; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 7,800
Average annual pay: $45,825; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	55	13.9	0.90×About typical	276	$53,826	224
Restaurants and other eating places	47	11.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	595	$23,640	6
Construction of buildings	42	10.6	1.40×More than typical	99	$45,141	83
Religious organizations	37	9.4	1.69×More than typical	96	$14,917	—
Ambulatory health care services	35	8.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	289	$41,529	62
Truck transportation	24	6.1	1.20×About typical	98	$51,724	33
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	5.6	1.10×About typical	98	$36,265	28
Full-service restaurants	19	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	245	$23,045	—
Lessors of real estate	19	4.8	0.39×Fewer than typical	34	$31,500	174
Services to buildings and dwellings	18	4.5	0.67×Fewer than typical	120	$40,333	137
Building equipment contractors	17	4.3	0.71×Fewer than typical	132	$48,629	45
Limited-service restaurants	17	4.3	0.54×Fewer than typical	309	$24,243	4

Rank places for an industry Open Orleans County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,567 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Albion, New York: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; 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

Spending by fiscal year

20.7FY2017
1.9KFY2018
11.7FY2019

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 Albion, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Albion, New York's figures are part of those of Orleans County, NY ($8.7M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Orleans 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.

Albion, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Claudia TenneyR-NY-24 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 0.7%

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.

Orleans County54100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Rochester, NY83

Other cities and towns in Orleans County

Largest first.

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.

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Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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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