Interlaken vs Romulus

A side-by-side comparison of Interlaken and Romulus: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Interlaken has the higher population (556 vs 320 in Romulus). Interlaken has the higher median household income ($56,719 vs $48,281 in Romulus). Interlaken has the higher median home value ($140,600 vs $79,500 in Romulus).

Population, income & housing

	Interlaken	Romulus
Population	556	320
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$56,719	$48,281
Median home value	$140,600	$79,500
Median gross rent	$1,094	$1,025
Housing units	334	123
Homeownership rate	65.7%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.6%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Interlaken	Romulus
Population	583 → 556 (-4.6%)	381 → 320 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$50,139 → $56,719 (+13.1%)	$46,050 → $48,281 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$103,800 → $140,600 (+35.5%)	$68,400 → $79,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $1,094 (+80.8%)	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)

Interlaken

Population

583556

Median household income

$50,139$56,719

Median home value

$103,800$140,600

Median gross rent

$605$1,094

Romulus

Population

381320

Median household income

$46,050$48,281

Median home value

$68,400$79,500

Median gross rent

$845$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Interlaken	Romulus
Under 5	7.0%	14.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	16.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	1.6%
25 to 34	12.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.8%	3.1%
45 to 54	12.2%	25.0%
55 to 64	8.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	12.8%	12.2%
75 and over	14.9%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Interlaken	Romulus
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	75.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.3%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Interlaken	Romulus
No high school diploma	5.2%	29.3%
High school graduate	28.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Interlaken	Romulus
Drove alone	78.8%	85.3%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Interlaken	Romulus
1-unit, detached	61.1%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.9%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.0%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Interlaken	Romulus
Poverty rate	10.2%	36.5%
Average household size	2.00	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1938	1951