St. Albans is a somewhat small city located in the state of West Virginia. With a population of 10,635 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, St. Albans is the 12th largest community in West Virginia.

In terms of college education, St. Albans is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.68% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in St. Albans in 2018 was $29,064, which is upper middle income relative to West Virginia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,256 for a family of four. However, St. Albans contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call St. Albans home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of St. Albans residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in St. Albans include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in St. Albans is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.