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Rome, GA

37,621 Population
31.8 square miles 1,183.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 38 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Georgia: 37.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,996 ±$2,340 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Rome, GA Metro Area: $30,523 ±$1,250
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $37,836 ±$200
$48,512 ±$3,474 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Rome, GA Metro Area: $57,868 ±$3,066
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Georgia: $71,355 ±$353

22.2% ±3.2% (8,051  ±1,170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 17.5% 16,534 (±1.6% / ±1,470)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Georgia: 13.5% 1,415,573 (±0.2% / ±19,488)

23.2 minutes ±2.1 (332,215  ±36,360) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 23.4 947,540 (±0.9 / ±45,670)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Georgia: 28.4 125,025,400 (±0.1 / ±677,251)

Families

14,501 ±422 Number of households
  • the Rome, GA Metro Area: 35,996 ±472
  • Georgia: 3,946,490 ±8,824
2.5 ±0.1 (36,067  ±56) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 2.6 94,423 (±0 / ±71)
  • a little less than the figure in Georgia: 2.7 10,473,460

6.2% ±1.7% (573  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 5.3% † 1,230 (±1.1% / ±250)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 5.1% 134,154 (±0.1% / ±3,813)

Housing

16,258 ±442 Number of housing units
  • the Rome, GA Metro Area: 40,568 ±66
  • Georgia: 4,426,780 ±501

$192,700 ±$16,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Rome, GA Metro Area: $174,000 ±$7,140
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Georgia: $245,900 ±$1,053

14.1% ±2.1% (5,233  ±,782.5) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 14% † 13,659 (±1.5% / ±1,457)
  • a little higher than the rate in Georgia: 13.6% 1,447,492 (±0.2% / ±18,357.6)

Social

80.6% ±4.2% (19,781  ±1,132.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 84.2% 55,138 (±2.7% / ±1,791.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Georgia: 88.7% 6,349,981 (±0.3% / ±23,995.4)
26.3% ±2.4% (6,440  ±,608.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 22.3% 14,618 (±1.4% / ±889)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Georgia: 33.6% 2,407,707 (±0.2% / ±14,648.6)

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

12.4% ±1.8% (4,654  ±687) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 7.2% 7,115
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Georgia: 10.4% 1,119,366

5.1% ±0.9% (1,447  ±256) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Rome, GA Metro Area: 6.7% 5,064 (±0.6% / ±485)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Georgia: 7.5% 610,515 (±0.1% / ±7,914)
1,447 Total veterans ±256 1,259 Male ±233 188 Female ±128

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