Lake Delta vs Rome

A side-by-side comparison of Lake Delta and Rome: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake Delta and Rome are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rome has the higher population (31,795 vs 3,005 in Lake Delta). Lake Delta has the higher median household income ($97,917 vs $58,857 in Rome). Lake Delta has the higher median home value ($224,200 vs $137,200 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Delta	Rome
Population	3,005	31,795
Median age	46.0 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$97,917	$58,857
Median home value	$224,200	$137,200
Median gross rent	$825	$871
Housing units	1,350	15,252
Homeownership rate	88.6%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.4%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Delta	Rome
Population	3,045 → 3,005 (-1.3%)	32,253 → 31,795 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$77,083 → $97,917 (+27.0%)	$48,120 → $58,857 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$158,900 → $224,200 (+41.1%)	$98,400 → $137,200 (+39.4%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $825 (-9.1%)	$759 → $871 (+14.8%)

Lake Delta

Population

3,0453,005

Median household income

$77,083$97,917

Median home value

$158,900$224,200

Median gross rent

$908$825

Rome

Population

32,25331,795

Median household income

$48,120$58,857

Median home value

$98,400$137,200

Median gross rent

$759$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lake Delta	Rome
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.7%
75 and over	8.3%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Delta	Rome
White (non-Hispanic)	80.0%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Delta	Rome
No high school diploma	4.8%	13.1%
High school graduate	15.0%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Delta	Rome
Drove alone	76.3%	73.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.9%	12.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Delta	Rome
1-unit, detached	88.4%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	18.6%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	9.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Lake Delta	Rome
Poverty rate	3.0%	18.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1964	1954