Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety80#181/924
Economy45#512/925
Housing73#254/925
Health72#262/925
Healthcare71#270/923
Environment93#65/917
Education52#442/925
Infrastructure76#224/925
Community72#259/925
Leisure & amenities67#308/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Utica-Rome, NY metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Hot days · low1 days
96/100New York 3 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Firearm deaths · low6.1 /100k
96/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low4.5%
96/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Public EV charging ports · high15.6 /10k
93/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Median Air Quality Index · low27
92/100New York 402025U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Suicide rate · low11.9 /100k
92/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low21.6%
1/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.72%
5/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
New business applications · low7.6 /1k
6/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Child care cost burden · high39.5%
8/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
New homes permitted · low1.1 /1k
22/100New York 2.4 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Child poverty rate · high21.4%
28/100New York 17.9%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001

Trends

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

Drought exposureWorsening
3% (2021) → 17% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Homicide rateImproving
4.5 /100k (2021) → 1.7 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−62%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
72.4% (2010 & 2021) → 83.9% (2022 & 2024)
+12 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
New business applicationsImproving
4.9 /1k (2020) → 7.6 /1k (2025)
+54%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
30.8 /100k (2021) → 14.8 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−52%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
29.2% (2020 & 2021) → 39.5% (2023 & 2024)
+10 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%

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, Utica-Rome, NY metro area improved on 14 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 6. 7 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved14

Property tax−0.4 points2.15% → 1.72%
Firearm deaths−45%11.1 /100k → 6.1 /100k
Weekly wage+29%$924 → $1,196
Homicides−68%5.4 /100k → 1.7 /100k
Suicides−16%14.2 /100k → 11.9 /100k

Declined6

Grocery stores−24%1.9 /10k → 1.4 /10k
Traffic deaths+26%7.6 /100k → 9.6 /100k
Restaurants−5.1%10.9 /10k → 10.3 /10k
Commute+1.1 min20.6 min → 21.7 min
Pharmacies−12%2.0 /10k → 1.8 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Utica-Rome, NY metro area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.2 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−1.3%	Little change	26%
Average commute time	20.6 min2015-2019	21.7 min2020-2024	+1.1 min	Declined	29%
Average weekly wage	$9242020	$1,1962025	+29%	Improved	91%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%2015-2019	26.7%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Improved	29%
Broadband subscriptions	80.6%2015-2019	88.7%2020-2024	+8.1 points	Improved	40%
Child poverty rate	22.9%2015-2019	21.3%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Distance to an airport	42 mi2020	42 mi2025	+0 mi	Little change	15%
Drug overdose deaths	28.2 /100k2020	14.8 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−48%	Improved	78%
Effective property tax rate	2.15%2015-2019	1.72%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Improved	98%
Firearm deaths	11.1 /100k2020	6.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−45%	Improved	98%
Grocery stores	1.9 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−24%	Declined	7%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.9 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+21%	Improved	71%
High school diploma or higher	88.8%2015-2019	89.5%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Home price to income ratio	2.2×2015-2019	2.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Declined	71%
Homicide rate	5.4 /100k2020	1.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−68%	Improved	88%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,4202019	$62,1882024	+28%	Improved	24%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4462015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.003	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$55,7572015-2019	$69,7792020-2024	+25%	Improved	40%
New business applications	4.9 /1k2020	7.6 /1k2025	+54%	Improved	63%
Pharmacies	2.0 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	−12%	Declined	41%
Poverty rate	15.1%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	28%
Public libraries	1.2 /10k2019	1.2 /10k2024	+1%	Little change	71%
Public transit commuters	0.9%2015-2019	1.0%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	89%
Rent as share of income	28.0%2015-2019	27.8%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	45.5%2015-2019	45.3%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	10.9 /10k2020	10.3 /10k2025	−5.1%	Declined	26%
Suicide rate	14.2 /100k2020	11.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Improved	82%
Traffic deaths	7.6 /100k2015-2019	9.6 /100k2020-2024	+26%	Declined	22%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	3.9%2025	−3.8 points	Improved	75%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.1%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Improved	61%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 786 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Utica-Rome, NY metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Utica-Rome, NY metro area 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, Utica-Rome, NY metro area itself moved +1.7 points in standing on average over the same 28 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

288,881 residents

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

120,961 households (±879)

Utica-Rome, NY metro area
United States share

Under $25k17%20,867
$25k–50k19%23,578
$50k–75k16%19,495

Homes

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

Owners and renters

120,961 households (±879)

Utica-Rome, NY metro area
United States share

Own70%84,158
Rent30%36,803

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

126,798 workers (±1,489)

Utica-Rome, NY metro area
United States share

Drive alone75%95,102
Carpool8.9%11,332
Public transit1.0%1,241

Jobs and pay

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

The 10 largest occupations in Utica-Rome, NY employ 27,300 people. 4 pay a median above the US median and 6 below it.

Above the US median
Below the US median

The largest occupations in Utica-Rome, NY by employment, with median annual pay and how it compares with the United States
Occupation	Jobs	Median pay	vs USCompared with the US	Concentration
Home Health and Personal Care Aides6,170 jobs	6,170	$37,420US $35,800	+5%	1.88×
Retail Salespersons3,010 jobs	3,010

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.

Utica-Rome, NY has 5,837 employer establishments, 203 for every 10,000 residents (0.82× the US rate of 248), with 97,443 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,231. The Census Bureau also counts 17,783 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,837; 17,783 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 203; US 248
Paid employees: 97,443
Average annual pay: $52,231; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Utica-Rome, NY by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	542	18.9	1.03×About typical	7,401	$21,104	92
Ambulatory health care services	450	15.7	0.75×Fewer than typical	5,304	$65,880	675
Specialty trade contractors	384	13.4	0.86×About typical	2,028	$72,986	1,246
Full-service restaurants	249	8.7	1.13×About typical	3,567	$23,094	32
Limited-service restaurants	215	7.5	0.93×About typical	2,972	$19,437	48
Construction of buildings	189	6.6	0.87×About typical	614	$54,256	614
Automotive repair and maintenance	174	6.1	1.20×About typical	832	$47,328	308
Religious organizations	165	5.7	1.04×About typical	852	$19,074	—
Offices of physicians	158	5.5	0.85×About typical	2,025	$87,318	146
Lessors of real estate	152	5.3	0.43×Fewer than typical	418	$37,060	1,586
Services to buildings and dwellings	149	5.2	0.77×Fewer than typical	541	$35,279	775
Insurance agencies and brokerages	125	4.4	0.99×About typical	629	$63,591	250

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 287,106 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $501.2M on contracts performed in Utica-Rome, NY metro area: $1,755 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $501.2M; +4.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1,755; US $1,995
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 59%; 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$252.3M50%
Department of the Air Force$149.6M30%
Department of State$52.1M10%
Defense Logistics Agency$26.6M5.3%
Department of the Army$4.2M0.8%
Department of the Navy$4M0.8%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$2.6M0.5%
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration$2.6M0.5%

Top recipients

BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON INC$284.6M57%
ASSURED INFORMATION SECURITY, INC.$57.2M11%
HUMAN TECHNOLOGIES CORP$54.8M11%
GOODRICH CORPORATION$13.6M2.7%
BLACK RIVER SYSTEMS COMPANY, INC.$12.8M2.5%

Spending by fiscal year

290.2MFY2017
307.2MFY2018
430.8MFY2019
501.9MFY2020
453.6MFY2021
575.1MFY2022
578.4MFY2023
664.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$269.8M54%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$122.7M24%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$50.6M10%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$14.8M2.9%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$3.4M0.7%

Largest awards

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 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.9B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Utica-Rome, NY metro area: $6,723 per resident (US $12,975).

Assistance · FY2026: $1.9B; −4.5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,723; US $12,975
Loan face value: $43.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.5%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.2B63%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$186.4M9.7%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$122.3M6.4%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$108.3M5.6%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$71.8M3.7%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$22.8M1.2%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$19.2M1.0%
20.933 · National Infrastructure Investments$18.2M0.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$75.6M3.9%
ALBANY, NY
MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$11.7M0.6%
UTICA, NY
MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY, INC$11.5M0.6%
UTICA, NY
UTICA CITY HALL$11.4M0.6%
UTICA, NY
UTICA MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.6B82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$141.8M7.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$75.6M3.9%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$26.3M1.4%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$25.2M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.8BFY2021
1.7BFY2022
1.8BFY2023
1.9BFY2024
2BFY2025
1.9BFY2026

County aggregates

90%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Utica-Rome, NY

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Areas based in New York, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved14

Declined6

Metro and micro areas like Utica-Rome, NY metro area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Utica-Rome, NY

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in New York

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved14

Declined6

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Look up any occupation

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought