Romulus is a tiny town located in the state of New York. With a population of 356 people and two associated neighborhoods, Romulus is the 935th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Romulus was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Romulus is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 60.00% of the Romulus workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Romulus is a town of construction workers and builders, transportation and shipping workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Romulus who work in food service (11.76%), sales jobs (7.06%), and legal occupations (5.88%). 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, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 38.82 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Romulus does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.Romulus ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 4.49% of people over 25 have a college degree. 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.
