The 10 Worst Albany Suburbs

The 10 Worst Albany Suburbs To Live For 2024

We’ll get the ball rolling with Green Island, the absolute worst place to live around Albany according to the data.

And in the world of worst rankings, Green Island beat the competition pretty handily thanks to scoring in the bottom 15% in three major categories. Income is the 12th worst in the Albany area, and to make matters worse, the city ranks 2nd worst when it comes to home values.

But hey, at least it’s cheap to live there. But there’s a reason for that… it’s Green Island.

You won’t feel bad about not having a great income for the area. There aren’t a bunch of places to spend your money anyway.

Welcome to Greenville. Home to KMart, Big Lots, and a lot of gas stations.

This city is 20.7 miles to Albany. Income levels here are the 2nd lowest in the metro area, where families bring in about $45,746 a year, which only goes so far even on a shoestring budget.

But on the bright side, there are a lot of fast food joints in the area.

Back up the highway we go for the third worst Albany suburb you can live in. You might have expected to see Amsterdam on here. While the cost of living is low, your entertainment and work options are limited. And that’s an understatement.

In terms of numbers, it’s in the worst 15% for insurance, and the adult high school dropout rate is poor compared to other Albany suburbs.

But at least there are lovely parks to bring the kids during the day.

If you live in Schenectady, most likely you struggle to make ends meet every month. It ranks as the 7th lowest Albany suburb for median household incomes.

Not only that, but this is the 4th worst unemployed suburb you can live in if you choose to live near Albany. Remember, we looked at 21 cities for this study.

Schenectady is about 11.4 miles to downtown.

Hudson has the distinction of being a Albany suburb. Which means that’s about all it has going for it.

All snarkiness aside, Hudson has the 19th lowest home values in the metro Albany area, where the median price is $389,385. The median income is $102,885.

Hudson has an unemployment rate of 12.84% which ranks 2nd worst.

Troy has 51,268 residents that probably know it’s a pretty crummy place to live when you look at the data. (Or, if you’ve ever been there, you don’t need to look at the data.)

Incomes are towards the bottom, and the poverty rate sits at 23.29523564915885%.

Ah, Milton. You rank as the 7th worst place to live around Albany.

It’s the place with the 8th most out of work residents in the Albany metro area (7.0%).

Ravena is a city about 13.1 miles from Albany, but Albany probably wishes it was further away. It ranks as the 8th worst burb for 2018.

You’d be hard-pressed to find a worse place to live. Ravena has the 4th most uninsured people, 16th worst incomes, and has the 15th highest unemployment rate (2.87%) in the entire Albany metro area.

Homes only cost $256,507 for a reason. That’s cheap for Albany standards.

If you absolutely have to live near Albany, then Coxsackie might be a place for you to consider as it’s only the 9th worst Albany suburb.

About 7.94% of residents are out of work.

Rounding out the ten worst Albany suburbs to call home is Watervliet.

Located 6.2 miles outside the city, Watervliets is a real pit when you look at the data. Its residents have the 10th highest unemployment rate (4.71%), and poverty is far above the area average.