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.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 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. A lot of people in Utica take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Utica, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.The education level of Utica citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.59% of adults 25 and older in Utica have a college 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. Foreign born people are also an important part of Utica's cultural character, accounting for 22.22% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Utica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.
