What is the population of Rome city?

Rome city has 37,754 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 675 in Georgia.

What is the median household income in Rome city?

Median household income in Rome city is $51,106 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rome city?

Median gross rent is $976 a month and the median home value is $214,700, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.

Is Rome city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rome city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Rome, GA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Rome, Georgia (Rome, GA — Census place “Rome city”) is 37,754 residents, ranking #27 of 675 places in Georgia. Median household income is $51,106, the median home is worth $214,700 and median gross rent runs $976 a month. Looking for the Rome Georgia ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Rome, GA: 30161, 30165.

Population: 37,754Rome city residents
Median household income: $51,106Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $214,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $976Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.1%Owner-occupied households

Rome ZIP codes (Georgia)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Rome.

The Rome GA ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Rome city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Rome city median would spend about 22.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 20.5% of residents and 48.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Rome city, GA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Rome city is a small city in Georgia, with 37,754 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #27 of 675 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 36.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Rome city earn a median of $51,106 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 11% below the $57,300 median for the 378 Georgia cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 20.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Rome city is valued at $214,700, 29.2% below the national figure and 12% above the $191,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $976 a month, 30.6% below the national figure, or roughly $11,712 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 48.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Rome city?: Rome city has 37,754 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #27 of 675 in Georgia.
What is the median household income in Rome city?: Median household income in Rome city is $51,106 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Rome city?: Median gross rent is $976 a month and the median home value is $214,700, so rent absorbs about 22.9% of median household income.
Is Rome city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Rome city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Rome city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.