Northeast

Utica

Oneida County, NY

Population

64,728

Walk Score

85 · Very Walkable

Median rent

$873

Median home value

$123,800

Founded

1734

Utica is a city in the state of New York, and the county seat of Oneida County. The tenth-most populous city in New York, its population was 65,283 in the 2020 census. It is located on the Mohawk River in the Mohawk Valley at the foot of the Adirondack Mountains, approximately 95 mi (153 km) west-northwest of Albany, 55 mi (89 km) east of Syracuse and 240 mi (386 km) northwest of New York City. Utica and the nearby city of Rome anchor the Utica–Rome metropolitan area comprising all of Oneida and Herkimer counties.

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On the National Register

Historic districts

  • Bagg's Square East Historic District · listed 2017
  • Downtown Genessee Street Historic District
  • Downtown Genessee Street Historic District · listed 2018
  • Forest Hill Cemetery · listed 2017
  • Globe Woolen Company Mills · listed 2015
  • Lower Genesee Street Historic District · listed 1982
  • Rutger-Steuben Park Historic District · listed 1973
  • Utica Parks and Parkway Historic District · listed 2008

Notable landmarks

  • Avalon Knitting Company Mill
  • Avalon Knitting Company Mill · listed 2023
  • Byington Mill (Frisbie & Stansfield Knitting Company) · listed 1993
  • Calvary Episcopal Church (former) · listed 2008
  • Conkling, Roscoe, House · listed 1975
  • Doyle Hardware Building · listed 1993
  • First Baptist Church of Deerfield · listed 1985
  • First Church of Christ, Scientist · listed 2023
  • First Presbyterian Church · listed 1988
  • Fort Schuyler Club Building · listed 2004
  • Fountain Elms · listed 1972
  • Grace Church · listed 1997
  • Hieber, John C., Building · listed 2007
  • House at 902 John Street
  • Hurd & Fitzgerald Building · listed 1993
  • Memorial Church of the Holy Cross · listed 2000
  • Millar-Wheeler House · listed 2000
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute · listed 2010
  • New Century Club · listed 1985
  • Olbiston Flats · listed 2022
  • St. Joseph's Church · listed 1977
  • Stanley Theater · listed 1976
  • Tabernacle Baptist Church · listed 2012
  • U.S. Post Office, Court House and Custom House · listed 2015
  • Union Station · listed 1975
  • …and 9 more

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