Census-designated place · Albany County, New York

Roessleville, New York

Roessleville is a census-designated place in Albany County, New York, part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro area. It has 10,968 residents. Roessleville, New York has a quality-of-life score of 94 out of 100 (very high), ranking #908 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #175 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), distance to an airport (low) and new business applications (high). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), hospital quality rating (low) and property crime rate (high).

94Very high

Quality-of-life score: #908 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #175 of 859 in NY
Population: 10,968 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 2,724.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 3663363

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety40#9,368/15,637
Economy86#2,198/15,631
Housing91#1,325/14,977
Health84#2,563/15,609
Healthcare91#1,471/15,650
Environment91#1,387/15,453
Education69#4,806/15,649
Infrastructure90#1,539/15,650
Community64#5,620/15,651
Leisure & amenities89#1,761/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Public EV charging ports · high48.9 /10k
99/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAlbany County value
Distance to an airport · low7 mi
99/100New York 15 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAlbany County value
New business applications · high40.0 /1k
99/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAlbany County value
Natural hazard risk · low3.7
95/100New York 12.22025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAlbany County value
Flu vaccinations · high55.0%
93/100New York 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAlbany County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
93/100New York 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAlbany County value

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high305 min
0/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAlbany County value
Hospital quality rating · low1.7
3/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesAlbany County value
Property crime rate · high2,012 /100k
14/100New York 1,575 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAlbany County value
Child care cost burden · high37.2%
16/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAlbany County value
Violent crime rate · high349 /100k
23/100New York 368 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAlbany County value
Loneliness · high36.6%
24/100New York 35.1%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
11,843 (2016-2020) → 10,968 (2020-2024)
−7.4%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Median household incomeImproving
$76,404 (2016-2020) → $96,058 (2020-2024)
+26%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
High school diploma or higherImproving
90.1% (2016-2020) → 93.7% (2020-2024)
+3.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
33.7% (2016-2020) → 30.7% (2020-2024)
−3 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
23.9% (2016-2020) → 21.2% (2020-2024)
−2.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
2.0% (2016-2020) → 4.6% (2020-2024)
+2.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%

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.

There is not enough history to compare Roessleville, New York over five years.

Cities and towns like Roessleville, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roessleville, 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.

No place that looked like Roessleville, New York five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

10,968 residents (±863)

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

† 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

10,968 residents (±863)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

White70%7,644
Black7.2%795
Hispanic or Latino3.4%†368

Education

8,149 residents (±613)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

No high school diploma6.3%†517
High school or GED26%2,114
Some college15%1,263

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

4,818 households (±343)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Under $25k8.7%†421
$25k–50k17%806
$50k–75k11%†554
$75k–100k16%784
$100k–150k26%1,258
$150k–200k13%603
$200k or more8.1%†392

† 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

4,818 households (±343)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Own71%3,406
Rent29%1,412

Table view

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

Rent paid

1,403 households (±274)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Under $7504.2%†59
$750–1,0009.8%†138
$1,000–1,50049%690

Home values

3,406 homes (±403)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Under $150k9.5%†324
$150k–250k34%1,151
$250k–400k47%1,600

Age of homes

5,174 homes (±321)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

2010 or later3.0%†155
2000–20090.6%†30
1980–199916%807

Size of homes

5,174 homes (±321)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Studio1.2%†61
1 bedroom11%†556
2 bedrooms23%1,209

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

6,022 workers (±661)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Drive alone70%4,219
Carpool8.5%†510
Public transit3.5%†210
Walk2.0%†122
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%894
Other1.1%†67

† 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

5,128 workers (±640)

Roessleville, New York
New York share

Under 15 min38%1,968
15–29 min48%2,485
30–44 min6.0%†308

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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, 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 Albany County, the county holding most of Roessleville's residents.

Albany County has 9,465 employer establishments, 298 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248; 1.09× New York's), with 180,421 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,300. The Census Bureau also counts 24,565 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 9,465; 24,565 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 298; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 180,421
Average annual pay: $66,300; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	782	24.6	1.34×More than typical	11,730	$24,013	122
Ambulatory health care services	651	20.5	0.98×About typical	12,954	$81,429	1,180
Specialty trade contractors	487	15.3	0.99×About typical	5,361	$86,963	1,050
Computer systems design and related services	362	11.4	2.63×More than typical	2,981	$100,663	335
Lessors of real estate	342	10.8	0.87×About typical	1,953	$55,747	3,350
Limited-service restaurants	339	10.7	1.33×More than typical	4,138	$19,693	52
Full-service restaurants	328	10.3	1.34×More than typical	6,236	$27,481	49
Legal services	299	9.4	1.75×More than typical	3,116	$98,249	481
Construction of buildings	254	8	1.06×About typical	1,587	$88,948	500
Services to buildings and dwellings	226	7.1	1.06×About typical	3,789	$33,436	819
Personal care services	219	6.9	1.44×More than typical	1,371	$29,786	986
Offices of physicians	218	6.9	1.06×About typical	5,771	$112,315	290

Rank places for an industry Open Albany County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 317,590 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 $1.7M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Roessleville, New York: $156 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.7M; +14% vs FY2025
Per resident: $156; US $1,994
Sole-source: 25%; US 30%
Single offer: 33%; 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

Federal Highway Administration$770.9K45%
Federal Aviation Administration$432.3K25%
Department of the Air Force$230K13%
Department of the Navy$119.6K7.0%
Food and Drug Administration$80.5K4.7%
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency$65.5K3.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$18.3K1.1%
Department of the Army$11.6K0.7%

Top recipients

GREENMAN-PEDERSEN INC$770.9K45%
CUSA CONSULTING LLC$432.3K25%
MTI INSTRUMENTS INC$344.7K20%
NY STATE AGRICULTURE & MARKETS$80.5K4.7%
BESTPASS, INC.$73.9K4.3%

Spending by fiscal year

1.3MFY2017
1.2MFY2018
514.4KFY2019
1.2MFY2020
3.6MFY2021
3.1MFY2022
1.5MFY2023
1.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Business schools and computer and management training · 6114$770.9K45%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$432.3K25%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$226.8K13%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$117.8K6.9%
Administration of human resource programs · 9231$80.5K4.7%
Support activities for road transportation · 4884

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

Roessleville, New York's figures are part of those of Albany County, NY ($206.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

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

See federal money in Albany 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.

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

House

Paul TonkoD-NY-20 · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.3%

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.

Albany County91100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY92

Other cities and towns in Albany 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.

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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Roessleville, New York five years ago that improved