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1869
Advertisement for F. Oriel Furrier, Rome New York - ladies' furs, children's furs, buffalo robes, 1869
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First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rome
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Rome is a historic Methodist Episcopal church building located at Rome in Oneida County, New York.
About Rome
City in New York, United StatesRome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States, located in the central part of the state. The population was 32,127 at the 2020 census. Rome is one of two principal cities in the Utica–Rome Metropolitan Statistical Area, which lies in the "Leatherstocking Country" made famous by James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, set in frontier days before the American Revolutionary War. Rome is in New York's 21st congressional district. The city developed at an ancient portage site of Native Americans, including the historic Iroquois nations. This portage continued to be strategically important to Europeans, who also used the main 18th and 19th-century waterways, based on the Mohawk …
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How Rome ranks
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Housing in Rome
The typical Rome home is worth about $215,000, up 6.4% in a year, 59% below the New York typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Rome
Safety Grade C
Rome reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 67% report less.
Work & commute in Rome
Full picture →About one in 3 of Rome’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Utica (12%), Verona (5%) and Whitestown (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
Health in Rome
Health Grade C−
Healthier than 23% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with New York
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 13 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Rome
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 17% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Rome
Full climate →Rome has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 13°, and about 151 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Rome
All Rome schools →School Grade D
The public schools Rome’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 91% of New York’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NY. Ratings are from neighbors.
Rome’s library
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