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. 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.

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.

In addition, Utica has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.47%).

The most common language spoken in Utica is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Serbo-Croatian.