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Rome, NY

31,795 Population
74.9 square miles 424.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$31,946 ±$1,376 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: $36,677 ±$583
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$58,857 ±$4,560 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: $68,830 ±$1,572
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

18.1% ±2.9% (5,463  ±872) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 14.3% 39,852 (±0.8% / ±2,108)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

18.1 minutes ±0.8 (195,190  ±15,066) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 21.5 2,458,755 (±0.5 / ±71,774)
  • about half the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

13,859 ±469 Number of households
  • the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 119,787 ±814
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.1 (29,911  ±63) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 2.3 276,741 (±0 / ±187)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

7.1% ±3.6% (497  ±252) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 5.8% † 3,496 (±0.7% / ±412)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

15,252 ±484 Number of housing units
  • the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 137,734 ±114
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$137,200 ±$9,300 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: $163,400 ±$2,953
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

10.8% ±2.6% (3,393  ±818) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 10.7% 30,758 (±0.8% / ±2,379.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

86.9% ±3.7% (19,722  ±989.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 89.5% 180,817 (±1.4% / ±2,863.7)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
21.4% ±1.9% (4,864  ±453) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 26.7% 53,848 (±0.7% / ±1,489.5)
  • about half the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

3.2% ±0.8% (1,020  ±264) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 7.4% 21,289
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

9.1% ±1.4% (2,288  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Utica-Rome, NY Metro Area: 7.4% 16,747 (±0.4% / ±854)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
2,288 Total veterans ±346 2,103 Male ±339 185 Female ±90

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