The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Romulus has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Romulus a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Romulus is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Romulus, the average commute to work is 38.82 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Romulus is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The population of Romulus has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 4.49% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Romulus in 2022 was $19,622, which is low income relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $78,488 for a family of four. However, Romulus contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Romulus also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 32.95% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Romulus is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Romulus home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Romulus residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Romulus also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.53% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Romulus include German, Irish, English, Polish, and Northern European.
The most common language spoken in Romulus is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
