Rome vs Wyalusing

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

Rome and Wyalusing are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Wyalusing has the higher population (651 vs 459 in Rome). Rome has the higher median household income ($59,286 vs $44,091 in Wyalusing). Rome has the higher median home value ($147,500 vs $133,300 in Wyalusing).

Population, income & housing

	Rome	Wyalusing
Population	459	651
Median age	31.3 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,286	$44,091
Median home value	$147,500	$133,300
Median gross rent	$856	$866
Housing units	197	348
Homeownership rate	56.7%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.2%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rome	Wyalusing
Population	484 → 459 (-5.2%)	629 → 651 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$47,798 → $59,286 (+24.0%)	$52,679 → $44,091 (-16.3%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $147,500 (+73.5%)	$118,000 → $133,300 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	$878 → $856 (-2.5%)	$716 → $866 (+20.9%)

Rome

Population

484459

Median household income

$47,798$59,286

Median home value

$85,000$147,500

Median gross rent

$878$856

Wyalusing

Population

629651

Median household income

$52,679$44,091

Median home value

$118,000$133,300

Median gross rent

$716$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rome	Wyalusing
Under 5	7.0%	7.1%
5 to 17	25.1%	20.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	1.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	15.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	5.0%	5.1%
55 to 64	7.4%	10.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	16.3%
75 and over	5.7%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rome	Wyalusing
White (non-Hispanic)	96.3%	96.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rome	Wyalusing
No high school diploma	10.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	51.1%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rome	Wyalusing
Drove alone	66.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	14.1%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	13.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	18.8%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rome	Wyalusing
1-unit, detached	49.7%	59.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	23.9%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	6.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.9%
Mobile home & other	35.5%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Rome	Wyalusing
Poverty rate	19.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.80	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1963	1955