Selkirk, New York.
. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, 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 Selkirk, Albany County, New York
The Census does not count Selkirk on its own, so the figures here are Albany County's. Half the county's households earn more than $85,333 a year and half less; 13% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 57% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 43% are rented. Unemployment in Albany County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Albany County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Selkirk is a town in Albany County, in the Hudson Valley of eastern New York. The county's figures show more homes owned by their residents than rented, and a population that is somewhat older than the national middle. Winters are colder and snowier than in most of the country, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, government, or retail shops. Unemployment in the county is a little higher than it was a year earlier but remains low, and jobs grew slightly over the past year. A good many adults hold a college degree, and a typical commute is fairly brief.
Things to do. Fort Orange, an archaeological site, and the New York State Museum are both a short drive away. The USS Slater, a museum, is also a short drive from town.
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- 134,703households
- 38.4median age
- 46%of adults have a degree
- 13%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 15%work from home
What people in Albany County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Albany County had 235,826 jobs in 2025, 1.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 13°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 59°. About 46 inches of snow and 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Alcove Dam weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Albany County
- Albany Medical Center HospitalGeneral hospital4,922FTE
- St. Peters HospitalGeneral hospital2,895FTE
- University at AlbanyUniversity or college2,823
- Albany Medical CollegeUniversity or college2,379
- JanitronicsJanitorial services1,869
- Albany City School DistrictSchool district1,545FTE
- Veterans Health AdministrationFederal government · Department of Veterans Affairs1,493
- Care DesignHome health care agencies1,255
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 385 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 51,200 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LightningRelatively high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Albany County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Albany County and the Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY metro.
Selkirk 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.
- Selkirk13
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Selkirk7
Zip codes with a Selkirk address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Selkirk — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.