Rome vs Sherrill

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

Rome and Sherrill 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 3,041 in Sherrill). Sherrill has the higher median household income ($88,233 vs $58,857 in Rome). Sherrill has the higher median home value ($207,400 vs $137,200 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Rome	Sherrill
Population	31,795	3,041
Median age	40.4 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,857	$88,233
Median home value	$137,200	$207,400
Median gross rent	$871	$1,115
Housing units	15,252	1,425
Homeownership rate	55.4%	72.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome	Sherrill
Population	32,253 → 31,795 (-1.4%)	3,000 → 3,041 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$48,120 → $58,857 (+22.3%)	$65,083 → $88,233 (+35.6%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $137,200 (+39.4%)	$158,200 → $207,400 (+31.1%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $871 (+14.8%)	$742 → $1,115 (+50.3%)

Rome

Population

32,25331,795

Median household income

$48,120$58,857

Median home value

$98,400$137,200

Median gross rent

$759$871

Sherrill

Population

3,0003,041

Median household income

$65,083$88,233

Median home value

$158,200$207,400

Median gross rent

$742$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rome	Sherrill
Under 5	5.6%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	14.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	11.7%	15.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.9%
75 and over	8.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome	Sherrill
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	91.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	1.8%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome	Sherrill
No high school diploma	13.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.9%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome	Sherrill
Drove alone	73.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.4%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.6%	13.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rome	Sherrill
1-unit, detached	57.2%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	5.2%
20 or more units	9.6%	6.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rome	Sherrill
Poverty rate	18.1%	6.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1954	1951