Rome, New York

Rome, New York, in Oneida county, is 13 miles NW of Utica, New York (center to center) and 174 miles E of Buffalo, New York. The city is considered part of the Utica - Rome metropolitan area. Rome has a population of 34,950.

The People and Families of Rome

In Rome, about 43% of adults are married. A relatively large number of people in Rome live by themselves.

Interestingly, the city is known for having more men than similar cities. Rome benefits from the stability of its large group of senior citizens.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Rome had a median family income of $42,928.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 election, George W. Bush was the top Presidential fund-raiser in Rome ($6,450). Residents gave more to the Republican party than any of the others.

Rome Housing

About 57% of housing units in Rome are owner-occupied. Much of the housing in the city has been around for years. Typical rents in Rome are affordable, at least compared to other cities in the state.

Commuting

In Rome, 92% of commuters drive to work. Commuting to work is generally easier in the city than in most places of its size.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Rome34,950$42,928
Canastota4,425$43,049
New York Mills3,191$39,779
Oneida10,987$45,242
Sherrill3,147$60,573
Utica60,651$33,818
Whitesboro3,943$42,741

High Points

Rome strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in New York):

CategoryTrophy
Affordability of Rents
(vs. Peers)
Top 12%Rome Affordability of Rents
Short Commute Times
(vs. State)
Top 12%Rome Short Commute Times
Low Violent Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 16%Rome Low Violent Crime
Low Property Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 16%Rome Low Property Crime
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. State)
Top 19%Rome Walking and Biking to Work


The listings in Rome, New York and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(9) Outpatient
(7) Teens and Adolescents
(8) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(10) Females
(7) Males
(2) Methadone Maintenance
(2) Methadone Detoxification
(7) Spanish Speaking
(3) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(6) Halfway House
(1) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(3) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(3) Clients With Legal Issues
(1) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(4) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(3) Hospital Inpatient
(3) American Sign Language
(2) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(2) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(1) Residential Beds for Children
(1) Persons with HIV/AIDS



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Do you or someone that you care about live in Rome, New York and are seeking help for a drug or alcohol addiction? It does not matter what drugs have been used or how long the addiction has been going on, you are not alone, and help is readily available. We truly understand what you are going through and want to support you through ever single step in the process of finding an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center, so that you or your loved one can finally be free of your drug or alcohol addiction. You are not alone in this situation; we are here to hold your hand and guide you every step of the way.

The best possible option for the treatment of a drug or alcohol addiction is to find a quality Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Rome. The most important goal of any Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Rome, NY. should be to help the individual that is in treatment to get to the place where they will be able to live their life successfully without using drugs and alcohol. By doing this, these individuals can avoid the dreadful consequences that are so often associated with addiction and alcoholism. An individual that is able to remain sober will not have to deal with all of the negative consequences are so often linked to a drug or alcohol addiction problem.

There are so many available treatment approaches that are in close proximity to Rome, including Short-term Addiction Treatment Programs, Long-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers, Outpatient Addiction Treatment Facilities, Inpatient Addiction Recovery, sober living, halfway houses, support group meetings and drug counseling. We are here to help you to figure out what drug rehab treatment approach would best serve you or your loved one in Rome, New York that is struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction.

A quality Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Rome, should make a point of focusing on both the physical and the psychological aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction. The physical aspect of the drug or alcohol addiction can be treated by the detoxification component of the Rome, New York Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center; a treatment program will be able to assist the individual by helping to alleviate some of the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that accompany the detox process. The withdrawal symptoms occur because the brain has adapted to the consistent use of the substance; after a period of time, it will take more and more of the substance, in order to produce the same desired effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Rome has developed a physical tolerance to the drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, opiates, and alcohol, just to name a few. When an individual from Rome, New York abruptly discontinues any type of substance that their body has become accustomed to having, serious withdrawal symptoms may occur; the body may take several weeks or even months to return to normal functioning, depending on what types of drugs have been abused. If an individual from Rome has been addicted to a drug such as heroin, the associated withdrawal symptoms may be much more severe.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Rome also needs to address the various psychological issues that are invariably associated with a drug or alcohol addiction; a comprehensive recovery program will utilize various treatment techniques in order to accomplish this. These components of the Rome, New York Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program can include individual or group counseling, drug relapse prevention education and some form of aftercare treatment or follow up care. All of these elements of a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center will work in unison to help the individual from Rome to get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction, so that they can maintain long term sobriety.

The best possible solution for an individual from Rome, NY. with a severe drug or alcohol addiction, is to locate a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility that statistically has a high rate of long term success. A top notch Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center in Rome will ultimately be equipped to administer a comprehensive treatment program that will help the individual in every single aspect of their daily lives.

In order for an individual from Rome to experience a successful drug recovery, they have to relearn many of the skills that they will use in their daily lives. They will need to use these skills daily, when they return home to Rome, New York, where they will encounter some of the reminders and triggers from their drug using days. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program in Rome will have educated the recovering addict on how to successfully respond to these familiar triggers that can often produce a high amount of psychological stress.

Many individuals from Rome, NY. may try to overcome a drug or alcohol addiction without professional help. Because of the ways in which drugs alter the various functions in the brain, an individual from Rome with the strongest desire to overcome their drug or alcohol addiction on their own will only meet with failure. With all of the above mentioned challenges that are associated with overcoming a drug or alcohol addiction, it is no wonder that so many people from Rome each year enroll in a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center. There are so many important reasons why an individual should enroll in an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility in Rome, but the best reason is to be able to once again be close to family and loved ones.

Getting Help

Getting help is easy, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) in order to speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Rome, New York Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program request form and a counselor will contact you shortly.

There are 1 local Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehabs in Rome, New York. We have also provided 19 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Programs that are closest geographically to Rome:

Rome Memorial Hospital Community Rome, NY
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Center for Addiction Recovery Clinton, NY 13.0 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Ole and Laurel Pettersen Partners Clinton, NY 13.0 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Catholic Charities of Utica Rome Utica, NY 14.2 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Halfway House
Insight House Chem Depend Servs Inc Utica, NY 14.2 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
McPike Addiction Treatment Center Utica, NY 14.2 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
DA Mancusco Counseling Services Oneida, NY 14.8 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Maxwell House Oneida, NY 14.8 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Catholic Charities Diocese of Syracuse Utica, NY 14.9 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Rescue Mission of Utica Inc Utica, NY 14.9 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Hospital Inpatient, Spanish Speaking
Utica Supportive Living Utica, NY 15.4 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House
Madison Cnty MH Prog ADAPT Medically Wampsville, NY 15.5 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Albert O Nichols House Herkimer, NY 26.1 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House
Alcohol Services Inc Manlius, NY 31.3 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Syracuse Brick House Inc Syracuse, NY 34.1 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Halfway House, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Bright Path Counseling Center Syracuse, NY 34.3 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Crouse Health Inc Syracuse, NY 34.6 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Lewis County Community Recovery Lowville, NY 34.8 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Crouse Hospital Syracuse, NY 35.2 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
VAMC at Syracuse Syracuse, NY 35.2 miles from Rome
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Research suggests that people who used ecstasy at least 25 times had lowered serotonin levels for as long as a year after quitting.

Women who have given birth to methadone addicted babies are encouraged to choose breast feeding, since methadone is also present in breast milk. After birth, the baby will go through withdrawal from the drug, and breast feeding will help to ease their symptoms.

Among persons aged 12 or older in 2007 2008 who used pain relievers nonmedically in the past 12 months, 55.9 percent got the drug they most recently used from a friend or relative for free. Another 18.0 percent reported they got the drug from one doctor. Only 4.3 percent got pain relievers from a drug dealer or other stranger, and 0.4 percent bought them on the Internet. Among those who reported getting the pain reliever from a friend or relative for free, 81.7 percent reported in a follow up question that the friend or relative had obtained the drugs from just one doctor.

Common street names for heroin are smack, thunder, hell dust, big H, nose drops, H, ska, junk, and skag.

It is not uncommon for individuals who use crystal methamphetamine to have dangerous episodes of violent behavior due to the extreme paranoia that is often a side effect of using the drug.

The rate of current use of sedatives declined from 0.2 percent in 2002 to 0.1 percent in 2005, but there were no significant changes in current nonmedical use of other categories of psychotherapeutics during that period.


Strong support groups and sober friends are very helpful for recovering Alcoholics after rehab. Alcoholics Anonymous provides meetings that recovering alcoholics can attend to help stay focused on their sobriety. You can find AA meetings at the following locations in Rome:

G.c. First Step
Post Two
13449 Kinsman Rd. (rt.87)
Rome, New York 13449

AA Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 8:00 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Rome, New York as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Rome, New York. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Rome, New York.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
95%
3%
2%
Marijuana use in Rome, New York.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
93%
7%
Perception of Alcohol in Rome, New York.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
9%
79%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
77%
23%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
84%
14%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
2%
64%
25%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Rome, New York?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
6%
1%
3%
8%
0%
0%
72%
3%
3%
4%
Most common first drug experience in Rome, New York?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
3%
3%
3%
3%
2%
14%
4%
10%
7%
25%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Rome, New York schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Rome, New York under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
90%
4%
Have you ever gone to school in Rome, New York under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
89%
9%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Rome, New York?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
3%
3%
7%
2%
5%
12%
2%
10%
9%
23%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
17%
61%
22%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
37%
63%
Surveys updated monthly.

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