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Rome, GA

38,189 Population
31.8 square miles 1,199.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.6 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,560 ±$2,582 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rome, GA Metro Area: $34,181 ±$1,527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $40,924 ±$189
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,435 ±$3,595 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rome, GA Metro Area: $65,565 ±$3,312
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $77,353 ±$407
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

20.6% ±3.2% (7,550  ±1,171) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 16% † 15,318 (±1.7% / ±1,575)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.4% 1,430,012 (±0.2% / ±19,111)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±1.6 (309,025  ±28,872) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 23.3 935,445 (±0.7 / ±41,854)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Georgia: 28.3 122,472,520 (±0.1 / ±758,338)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

14,983 ±439 Number of households
  • the Rome, GA Metro Area: 36,856 ±404
  • Georgia: 4,074,366 ±9,635
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (36,452  ±105) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 2.6 95,455 (±0 / ±84)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Georgia: 2.6 10,690,640
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.8% ±2.1% (453  ±197) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 5% † 1,167 (±1.4% / ±320)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 5.2% 138,514 (±0.1% / ±3,547)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,566 ±480 Number of housing units
  • the Rome, GA Metro Area: 40,918 ±67
  • Georgia: 4,541,835 ±1,384
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,300 ±$16,063 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rome, GA Metro Area: $217,900 ±$7,476
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Georgia: $303,300 ±$1,171
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17% ±2.4% (6,432  ±914.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 13.5% † 13,302 (±1.5% / ±1,487.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Georgia: 13% 1,406,528 (±0.2% / ±17,564.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.2% ±4.2% (20,776  ±1,160.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 84.7% 56,241 (±2.8% / ±1,838.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 89.2% 6,568,251 (±0.3% / ±23,992)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.4% ±2.4% (7,175  ±631.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 25.9% 17,203 (±1.5% / ±1,025.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 35% 2,571,913 (±0.2% / ±14,805.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

10.5% ±1.7% (4,003  ±644) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 6.6% 6,603
  • a little less than the rate in Georgia: 11.2% 1,222,778
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1% (1,501  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 6.3% † 4,829 (±0.7% / ±533)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Georgia: 7.2% 601,304 (±0.1% / ±7,700)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,501 Total veterans ±287 1,385 Male ±261 116 Female ±79

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