City · Oneida County, New York

Rome, New York

Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, part of the Utica-Rome, NY metro area. It has 31,795 residents. Rome, New York has a quality-of-life score of 49 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #8,049 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #713 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on median Air Quality Index (low), hot days (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), effective property tax rate (high) and new business applications (low).

49Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #8,049 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #713 of 859 in NY
Population: 31,795 (2020-2024)
Land area: 75 mi²
Density: 424.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 3663418

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety65#5,525/15,637
Economy15#13,311/15,631
Housing54#6,827/14,977
Health37#9,814/15,609
Healthcare37#9,799/15,650
Environment98#331/15,453
Education29#11,184/15,649
Infrastructure57#6,743/15,650
Community44#8,739/15,651
Leisure & amenities61#6,153/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Rome, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Oneida County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Median Air Quality Index · low27
96/100New York 402025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOneida County value
Hot days · low1 days
95/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOneida County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
93/100New York 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOneida County value
Public EV charging ports · high16.5 /10k
92/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOneida County value
Average commute time · low18.0 min
90/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.0 µg/m³
89/100New York 7.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyOneida County value

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.7%
2/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOneida County value
Effective property tax rate · high2.26%
4/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
5/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOneida County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100New York 2.8United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOneida County value
Primary care shortage · high17.0
9/100New York 5.7United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationOneida County value
Child care cost burden · high39.8%
9/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOneida County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.3% (2015-2019) → 88.6% (2020-2024)
+9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 2.6× (2020-2024)
+26%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$48,120 (2015-2019) → $59,925 (2020-2024)
+25%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateImproving
27.5% (2015-2019) → 24.0% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
New homes permittedWorsening
3.0 /1k (2021) → 2.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−14%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
47.9% (2015-2019) → 45.6% (2020-2024)
−2.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Rome, New York improved on 3 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Property tax−0.5 points2.80% → 2.26%
Broadband+9.3 points79.3% → 88.6%
Household income+25%$48,120 → $59,925

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.0× → 2.6×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Rome, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	17.7 min2015-2019	18.0 min2020-2024	+0.3 min	Within the margin of error	44%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%2015-2019	20.8%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Broadband subscriptions	79.3%2015-2019	88.6%2020-2024	+9.3 points	Improved	56%
Child poverty rate	27.5%2015-2019	24.0%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Effective property tax rate	2.80%2015-2019	2.26%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	93%
High school diploma or higher	85.2%2015-2019	87.4%2020-2024	+2.3 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	2.6×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	46%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4502015-2019	0.4392020-2024	−0.011	Within the margin of error	60%
Median household income	$48,1202015-2019	$59,9252020-2024	+25%	Improved	43%
Poverty rate	19.5%2015-2019	18.1%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Rent as share of income	29.1%2015-2019	27.7%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	45.6%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	4.0%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.4%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	37%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Rome, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rome, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Rome, New York itself moved +0.7 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

31,795 residents (±47)

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

13,870 households (±540)

Rome, New York
New York share

Under $25k21%2,916
$25k–50k23%3,177
$50k–75k16%2,163

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

13,870 households (±540)

Rome, New York
New York share

Own57%7,851
Rent43%6,019

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

12,695 workers (±585)

Rome, New York
New York share

Drive alone72%9,180
Carpool9.6%1,220
Public transit1.0%†122

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Utica-Rome, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Oneida County, the county holding most of Rome's residents.

Oneida County has 4,713 employer establishments, 207 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.76× New York's), with 85,570 paid employees at an average annual pay of $53,368. The Census Bureau also counts 14,272 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,713; 14,272 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 207; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 85,570
Average annual pay: $53,368; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Oneida County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	425	18.7	1.02×About typical	6,288	$21,110	74
Ambulatory health care services	393	17.3	0.83×About typical	4,729	$67,390	567
Specialty trade contractors	275	12.1	0.78×Fewer than typical	1,643	$70,091	882
Full-service restaurants	198	8.7	1.13×About typical	3,015	$22,977	25
Limited-service restaurants	166	7.3	0.91×About typical	2,504	$19,608	38
Construction of buildings	147	6.5	0.85×About typical	494	$54,379	458
Offices of physicians	146	6.4	0.99×About typical	1,923	$88,443	138
Automotive repair and maintenance	145	6.4	1.27×More than typical	719	$48,259	236
Religious organizations	130	5.7	1.03×About typical	669	$18,656	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	125	5.5	0.81×About typical	476	$34,691	613
Lessors of real estate	116	5.1	0.41×Fewer than typical	304	$39,609	1,279
Insurance agencies and brokerages	110	4.8	1.10×About typical	492	$71,823	216

Rank places for an industry Open Oneida County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 227,555 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $412.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Rome, New York: $12,977 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $412.6M; +15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $12,977; US $1,994
Sole-source: 6.7%; US 30%
Single offer: 71%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Acquisition Service$249.6M61%
Department of the Air Force$137.7M33%
Defense Logistics Agency$15M3.6%
Department of the Army$3.1M0.8%
Department of the Navy$3.1M0.8%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2.6M0.6%
Defense Finance and Accounting Service$769.9K0.2%
Departmental Offices$600K0.1%

Top recipients

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$284.6M69%
ASSURED INFORMATION SECURITY, INC.$57.2M14%
GOODRICH CORPORATION$13.6M3.3%
TWO SIX LABS, LLC$10.8M2.6%
GENERAL ATOMICS INTEGRATED INTELLIGENCE, INC.$8M1.9%

Spending by fiscal year

161.1MFY2017
174.2MFY2018
245.9MFY2019
348.7MFY2020
340.7MFY2021
373.7MFY2022
413.3MFY2023
379.2M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$269.8M65%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$110.7M27%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$13.5M3.3%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3M0.7%
Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$2.6M0.6%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Rome, New York

THIS REPRESENTS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CONTINUANCE OF GSA FEDSIM TASK ORDER 47QFCA20F0009. THIS EFFORT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY GSA FAS REGION 1 UNDER TO NUMBER 47QFNA21F0001 BEGINNING ON THE EFFECTIVE AWARD DATE OF 1 NOVEMBER 2020.$653.2M
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Oneida County, NY· IT & telecom· Oct 21, 2020 – Mar 30, 2026· 47QFNA21F0001
AFRL SHADOW RAPTOR$306.5M
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC· Oneida County, NY· IT & telecom· Sep 12, 2025 – Sep 28, 2026· 47QFCA25F0033
PROJECT IKE$182.9M
TWO SIX LABS, LLC· Oneida County, NY· Research & development· Jul 31, 2019 – May 26, 2026· FA875019C1507
ADVANCED ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING AND RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION WITH TECHNOLOGY INSERTION FOR UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WARFIGHTING INTEGRATION CAPABILITY

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Rome, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Rome, New York's figures are part of those of Oneida County, NY ($500.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 82% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Rome is mostly in Oneida County.

See federal money in Oneida County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Rome, New York is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Oneida County76100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Utica-Rome, NY82

Other cities and towns in Oneida County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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