Cost of living in Albany County
Simple answer
A 2-bedroom fair-market rent is $1,711 a month.
That HUD number covers Albany County, New York, from October 2026 through September 2027. Towns in the county can still have different rents on the ground.
- Studio
- $1,238
- 1 bed
- $1,425
- 2 bed
- $1,711
- 3 bed
- $2,039
- 4 bed
- $2,249
This county is in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY area. BEA's 2024 price index there is 99.6 (U.S. = 100).
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Towns in this county
- Albany · 100,492 people
- Cohoes · 18,159 people
- Latham · 13,802 people
- Roessleville · 10,968 people
- Loudonville · 10,527 people
- Watervliet · 10,287 people
- Westmere · 8,334 people
- Colonie · 7,702 people
- Menands · 4,505 people
- Ravena · 3,243 people
- Green Island · 2,970 people
- Voorheesville · 2,824 people
- Altamont · 1,855 people