BroadalbinNY
A town of 1,329, settled in 1770.
Is Broadalbin a good place to live?
The best of Broadalbin’s subject grades is an A for history; the weakest is a C for hazard risk. 27% of residents are under 18 in Broadalbin, above both the New York town median (20%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). On the outdoors, just 109 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Broadalbin has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,329 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Broadalbin grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Broadalbin is from typical.
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Moving to Broadalbin: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Broadalbin, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Broadalbin.
The typical home in Broadalbin is valued at about $309K
The typical Broadalbin home is worth about $309,000, up 9.8% in a year, 41% below the New York typical home. 86% of Broadalbin households own their home, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. The median rent in Broadalbin is $992 a month.
| Broadalbin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 86% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $992 a month | $1,101 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.7 jobs for every working resident, most of Broadalbin’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Broadalbin for work: only 5% work in town. Broadalbin’s median household income is $108,000. Jobs based in Broadalbin grew to 396 in 2023, 241 more than in 2013.
| Broadalbin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $108,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.6% | 10% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Broadalbin is healthier than 74% of U.S. towns
Broadalbin beats the New York average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 19% of Broadalbin adults binge drink.
| Broadalbin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 16% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 9.3% | 11% | 12% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 37% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| What stands out | Broadalbin | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 7.9% |
| More adults with depression | 21.7% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Broadalbin has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Broadalbin has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 12° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than New York overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); children under 18 are 27% of residents (21% statewide). 15% of residents are 65 or older in Broadalbin. Broadalbin has lost 2.5% of its people since 2020, down to 1,329 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Broadalbin | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 37.3 years | 43 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.8 points. Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women.
| Broadalbin | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.8% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 20.3% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.3% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.3% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.9% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 12.3% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 25.4% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 14.8% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.3% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,300, single groups can be off by several points
High risk in Broadalbin, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 63% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Fort William Henry and 36 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Broadalbin. Close and well known come first.
35 mi LandmarkFort William Henry
33 mi Theme parkGreat Escape
21 mi MuseumNational Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame
25 mi State parkGrant Cottage State Historic Site
20 mi TheatreSaratoga Performing Arts Center
36 mi Stadium & arenaMVP ArenaPhoto credits
Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Broadalbin
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Broadalbin
About 8 of every 100 Broadalbin residents are enrolled in college, about the same as New York.
95% of working residents leave Broadalbin for work
Where Broadalbin’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Broadalbin
Town in New York, United States
Broadalbin is a town in Fulton County, New York, on the eastern border of the county and northwest of Albany. The town was named after the Breadalbane Region in Scotland by an early settler. The town contains a village also called Broadalbin. The population was 5,260 at the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 40 sq mi
- Elevation
- 840 ft
- ZIP code
- 12025
- Area code
- 518
Questions about Broadalbin
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Broadalbin, NY expensive?
That is 4.6 years of the area's median household income ($66,533 across the Gloversville, NY area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.
What is Broadalbin, NY known for?
2 notable people were born here, including George Briggs and Clement Finch.