Rome vs Whitesboro

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

Rome and Whitesboro 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 3,643 in Whitesboro). Rome has the higher median household income ($58,857 vs $47,201 in Whitesboro). Whitesboro has the higher median home value ($138,400 vs $137,200 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Rome	Whitesboro
Population	31,795	3,643
Median age	40.4 yrs	32.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,857	$47,201
Median home value	$137,200	$138,400
Median gross rent	$871	$851
Housing units	15,252	1,795
Homeownership rate	55.4%	50.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	25.6%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome	Whitesboro
Population	32,253 → 31,795 (-1.4%)	3,643 → 3,643 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$48,120 → $58,857 (+22.3%)	$45,764 → $47,201 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $137,200 (+39.4%)	$93,200 → $138,400 (+48.5%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $871 (+14.8%)	$693 → $851 (+22.8%)

Rome

Population

32,25331,795

Median household income

$48,120$58,857

Median home value

$98,400$137,200

Median gross rent

$759$871

Whitesboro

Population

3,6433,643

Median household income

$45,764$47,201

Median home value

$93,200$138,400

Median gross rent

$693$851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rome	Whitesboro
Under 5	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	15.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	7.7%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	16.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	6.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.1%
75 and over	8.7%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome	Whitesboro
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	84.9%
Black or African American	4.6%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome	Whitesboro
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.0%
High school graduate	31.9%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome	Whitesboro
Drove alone	73.3%	85.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	7.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rome	Whitesboro
1-unit, detached	57.2%	45.5%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	39.1%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	4.3%
20 or more units	9.6%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rome	Whitesboro
Poverty rate	18.1%	18.0%
Average household size	2.16	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1954	1951