The future grows here
ALBANY — The Albany-Schenectady-Troy metropolitan area has posted the strongest gains in young adult population among New York’s metro regions since the start of the pandemic, according to a new analysis by the Center for Economic Growth.
Between April 1, 2020, and July 1, 2024, the five-county metro area added 5,419 residents between the ages of 18 and 35, a 2.4 percent increase that brought the region’s young adult population to 229,240. The Albany metro ranked first among the state’s 13 metropolitan statistical areas, followed by the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh metro (+3,949) and Binghamton (+1,924).
In the most recent year measured, July 2023 to July 2024, the Albany metro added 1,387 young adults, the third-highest annual net gain among New York metros…