Ovid vs Romulus

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

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

Ovid has the higher population (436 vs 320 in Romulus). Ovid has the higher median household income ($62,596 vs $48,281 in Romulus). Ovid has the higher median home value ($107,800 vs $79,500 in Romulus).

Population, income & housing

	Ovid	Romulus
Population	436	320
Median age	54.1 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,596	$48,281
Median home value	$107,800	$79,500
Median gross rent	$873	$1,025
Housing units	284	123
Homeownership rate	66.8%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	4.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	12.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ovid	Romulus
Population	535 → 436 (-18.5%)	381 → 320 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$51,250 → $62,596 (+22.1%)	$46,050 → $48,281 (+4.8%)
Median home value	$87,200 → $107,800 (+23.6%)	$68,400 → $79,500 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $873 (+26.9%)	$845 → $1,025 (+21.3%)

Ovid

Population

535436

Median household income

$51,250$62,596

Median home value

$87,200$107,800

Median gross rent

$688$873

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)

	Ovid	Romulus
Under 5	1.6%	14.7%
5 to 17	14.7%	16.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	3.1%
45 to 54	6.2%	25.0%
55 to 64	17.2%	10.6%
65 to 74	24.1%	12.2%
75 and over	7.3%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ovid	Romulus
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	75.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ovid	Romulus
No high school diploma	8.4%	29.3%
High school graduate	54.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ovid	Romulus
Drove alone	89.4%	85.3%
Carpooled	6.4%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ovid	Romulus
1-unit, detached	70.4%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.4%	34.1%

Poverty & households

	Ovid	Romulus
Poverty rate	10.8%	36.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1947	1951