Utica is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 63,607 people and 29 associated neighborhoods, Utica is the 14th largest community in New York. Utica has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Utica is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Utica is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Utica who work in office and administrative support (10.62%), sales jobs (10.25%), and food service (7.00%). Also of interest is that Utica has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Utica telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.73% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of Utica citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.67% of adults in Utica have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Utica in 2022 was $26,342, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,368 for a family of four. However, Utica contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Utica is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Utica home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Utica residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Utica also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.57% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Utica include Italian, German, Irish, Yugoslavian, and Polish. Utica also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 21.47%. The most common language spoken in Utica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
