Utica is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 64,081 people and 29 associated neighborhoods, Utica is the 14th largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Utica was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Utica is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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 sales jobs (10.98%), office and administrative support (10.91%), and healthcare suport services (6.87%). 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. Many people in Utica take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Utica citizens for affordable transportation.In terms of college education, Utica is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.59% of adults 25 and older in Utica have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Utica in 2022 was $25,622, 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 $102,488 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 13.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Utica include Italian, Irish, German, Yugoslavian, and Polish. Utica also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 22.22%. The most common language spoken in Utica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
