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Onondaga County, NY

469,812 Population
778.4 square miles 603.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,924 ±$1,524 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$78,442 ±$3,323 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.5% ±1.6% (55,713  ±6,938) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.9 minutes ±0.6 (4,078,785  ±162,666) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

200,091 ±2,025 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (442,976  ±1,372) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.5% ±1.4% (6,066  ±1,478) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

212,562 ±619 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$236,300 ±$6,263 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.5% ±1.4% (58,193  ±6,387) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±2.5% (299,866  ±8,060.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
42% ±1.6% (136,793  ±5,354.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

9.5% (44,486  ±5,187) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.4% (16,832  ±1,590) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
16,832 Total veterans ±1,590 15,505 Male ±1,626 1,327 Female ±588

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