Albion, New York.
. Rochester, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Albion, Orleans County, New York
Albion is a village of 5,637 people in Orleans County. 63% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 37% are rented. Unemployment in Orleans County was 4.2% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Albion is a village in Orleans County, western New York, with a small population by city standards. Winters are cold and very snowy, with January the coldest month, while summers are warm in July and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow. More homes here are lived in by their owners than rented, though a noticeable portion of residents live below the poverty line, and few adults hold a four-year degree.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in manufacturing, and in transport, warehouses and utilities. Among the largest workplaces in Albion are the Albion Central School District, Empire Coating and Tops Markets. Unemployment in Orleans County is unchanged from a year ago, jobs across the county slipped slightly last year, and household incomes in the county are modest. A typical commute is a fairly short one, and some residents work from home.
Things to do. Oak Orchard Creek, a river, and Oak Orchard State Marine Park, a protected area, are both a short drive away, as is Lakeside Beach State Park, another protected area. For a longer outing, Hamlin Beach State Park is a protected area a longer drive away, and Medina Railroad Museum, a museum, is also a longer drive away.
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- 2,661households
- 9%of adults have a degree
- 18%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 16%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Orleans County had 11,445 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 83° and lows near 62°. About 67 inches of snow and 35 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Albion weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Albion
- Albion Central School DistrictSchool district263FTE
- Empire CoatingIndustrial product finishes and coatings manufacturing86
- Student Transportation of America48541059
- Tops MarketsGrocery stores53
- Niagara Mohawk PowerElectric power distribution26
- AlbionMail and parcel delivery25
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 249 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Albion’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Orleans County and the Rochester, NY metro.
Albion home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Albion14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Albion9
Zip codes with a Albion address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Albion — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.