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Syracuse city, Onondaga County, NY

146,091 Population
25.1 square miles 5,829.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Onondaga County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$30,104 ±$2,314 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Onondaga County: $44,924 ±$1,524
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$51,770 ±$3,460 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Onondaga County: $78,442 ±$3,323
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

26% ±4.7% (33,139  ±5,984) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Onondaga County: 12.5% † 55,713 (±1.6% / ±6,938)
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

18.6 minutes ±1.5 (1,056,115  ±108,006) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Onondaga County: 20.9 4,078,785 (±0.6 / ±162,666)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

61,878 ±2,603 Number of households
  • Onondaga County: 200,091 ±2,025
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2 ±0.1 (125,291  ±1,409) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Onondaga County: 2.2 442,976 (±0 / ±1,372)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

5.9% ±2.4% (2,500  ±1,009) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Onondaga County: 5.5% † 6,066 (±1.4% / ±1,478)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

69,639 ±2,792 Number of housing units
  • Onondaga County: 212,562 ±619
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$158,100 ±$8,881 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Onondaga County: $236,300 ±$6,263
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

23.1% ±3.6% (33,502  ±5,257.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Onondaga County: 12.5% † 58,193 (±1.4% / ±6,387)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

85.6% ±4.2% (79,165  ±4,675.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onondaga County: 92.1% 299,866 (±2.5% / ±8,060.1)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
35.3% ±3% (32,629  ±3,004) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Onondaga County: 42% 136,793 (±1.6% / ±5,354.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

16% ±2.8% (23,382  ±4,113) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Onondaga County: 9.5% 44,486
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

3.6% ±0.9% (4,380  ±1,061) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Onondaga County: 4.5% 16,832 (±0.4% / ±1,590)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
4,380 Total veterans ±1,061 3,863 Male ±1,074 517 Female ±378

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