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Onondaga County, NY

467,873 Population
778.4 square miles 601.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,950 ±$1,398 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$74,704 ±$3,892 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.8% ±1.5% (61,197  ±6,735) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.8 minutes ±1.2 (4,256,480  ±259,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

198,699 ±2,596 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.2 ±0 (444,026  ±3,644) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4% ±0.9% (4,259  ±936) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

212,317 ±1,630 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$202,400 ±$7,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.5% ±1.3% (66,797  ±5,845.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92% ±2.4% (297,364  ±7,870.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
40.9% ±1.6% (132,327  ±5,139.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.2% (38,258  ±5,788) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.9% ±0.5% (21,856  ±1,989) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
21,856 Total veterans ±1,989 19,201 Male ±1,771 2,655 Female ±979

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