Albany County, New York

Between the 2022 and 2023 tax filing seasons, 8,979 returns moved into Albany County and 9,497 moved out, a net loss of 518 returns, or 3.8 for every 1,000 returns filed there.

Within 150 miles

Farther away

ArrivalsDeparturesThicker line, more returns

On balance, Albany loses the most returns to Saratoga County. The largest single source, Rensselaer County, supplied 17% of arriving returns. Movers from other states made up 28% of arrivals, below the 45% median of the 285 counties with at least 40 listed origin and 40 listed destination counties. Moves in and out together equal 13.6% of Albany’s returns, less than the 13.8% median of these 285 counties.

The biggest two-way exchanges

Moves in both directions combined, largest first.

Moved out toMoved in fromNet
Rensselaer1,5881,557−31
Schenectady1,160994−166
Saratoga1,144826−318
Kings205272+67
Queens137255+118
Greene152237+85
New York167146−21
Bronx90169+79
Columbia88137+49
Ulster75140+65
Westchester60123+63
Monroe8390+7

Beyond the main partners

In 2022–23, 54 counties sent 20 or more returns each (76% of arrivals from within the US) and 68 received 20 or more (76% of departures). Of those listed arrivals, 93% came from within 150 miles; the most distant listed origin was Los Angeles, CA, 2,438 miles away.

Arrivals: the next 20 origins
County	Returns	People	Miles
Suffolk	119	173	131
Dutchess	109	149	59
Nassau	102	153	130
Orange	98	154	84
Onondaga	96	122	116
Montgomery	74	119	32
Oneida	73	99	87
Erie	66	86	244
Schoharie	63	103	24
Warren	60	86	67
Middlesex, MA	57	79	132
Washington	56	78	57
Fulton	51	76	43
Los Angeles, CA	45	72	2,438
Otsego	43	47	54
Rockland	40	53	99
Maricopa, AZ	38	57	2,173
Suffolk, MA	37	42	152
Broome	35	57	99
Berkshire, MA	33	48	41

Departures: the next 20 destinations
County	Returns	People	Miles
Middlesex, MA	100	126	132
Montgomery	95	147	32
Suffolk, MA	82	88	152
Schoharie	76	128	24
Warren	69	116	67
Onondaga	65	95	116
Dutchess	62	84	59
Erie	62	92	244
Fulton	61	96	43
Wake, NC	54	115	532
Orange	53	76	84
Suffolk	49	63	131
Los Angeles, CA	48	70	2,438
Nassau	48	79	130
Cook, IL	46	54	700
Philadelphia, PA	45	62	188
Hudson, NJ	43	52	128
Horry, SC	43	72	658
Mecklenburg, NC	42	66	627
Orange, FL	41	62	1,055

Other states in the exchange

Arrivals from

Departures to

Four filing years

InOut

Albany shows a net loss in every year shown; arrivals and departures both peaked in 2021–22. Earlier net rates per 1,000: −4.8 in 2019–20, −4.7 in 2020–21, −5.1 in 2021–22.

Income reported by movers and stayers

$66,250 Arriving
$79,373 Leaving
$111,438 Staying

Average adjusted gross income per return: non-moving returns reported the most, arriving returns the least.