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Albany, KY

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Population
1,729
U.S. Census Population Estimates Program · 2025
Elevation
956 ft
Median Home Value
$111,100
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Rent
$480/mo
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$44,007
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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Albany in context.

OverallBest places in KentuckyPopulation rankingHighest population places in KentuckyNearest larger communitySomerset, Kentucky40 miles away · 12,695 residents.

About Albany

Albany is Clinton County’s seat, a home-rule city that grew around Benjamin Dowell’s early-nineteenth-century tavern and became county seat in 1837. U.S. 127 runs through town about six miles north of Tennessee, while Albany Rock rises northeast at the edge of the Cumberland Plateau. Clinton County schools and the county library are both based in the city, so Albany’s local map has the courthouse role, the mountain spur, and everyday town services in one frame. Albany is southern Kentucky with a tavern-born county seat and a rock point above the road.

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Lower County Wildfire Hazard Potential ClassA+100.0ratingLower Projected Late-Century County-Area Exposure to Sea-Level RiseA+100.0ratingLow PopulationA+100.0rating

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