Rome vs Yorkville

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

Rome and Yorkville 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 2,638 in Yorkville). Yorkville has the higher median household income ($64,665 vs $58,857 in Rome). Yorkville has the higher median home value ($137,900 vs $137,200 in Rome).

Population, income & housing

	Rome	Yorkville
Population	31,795	2,638
Median age	40.4 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$58,857	$64,665
Median home value	$137,200	$137,900
Median gross rent	$871	$1,027
Housing units	15,252	1,250
Homeownership rate	55.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome	Yorkville
Population	32,253 → 31,795 (-1.4%)	2,595 → 2,638 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$48,120 → $58,857 (+22.3%)	$49,706 → $64,665 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$98,400 → $137,200 (+39.4%)	$89,800 → $137,900 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$759 → $871 (+14.8%)	$789 → $1,027 (+30.2%)

Rome

Population

32,25331,795

Median household income

$48,120$58,857

Median home value

$98,400$137,200

Median gross rent

$759$871

Yorkville

Population

2,5952,638

Median household income

$49,706$64,665

Median home value

$89,800$137,900

Median gross rent

$789$1,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rome	Yorkville
Under 5	5.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.7%	9.6%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.2%
75 and over	8.7%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome	Yorkville
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome	Yorkville
No high school diploma	13.1%	10.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	31.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	14.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome	Yorkville
Drove alone	73.3%	81.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	6.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.1%
Walked	2.6%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	10.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rome	Yorkville
1-unit, detached	57.2%	61.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	18.6%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	4.4%
20 or more units	9.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rome	Yorkville
Poverty rate	18.1%	8.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1954	1950