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Solvay, NY

6,590 Population
1.6 square miles 4,077.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,860 ±$5,173 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $40,236 ±$555
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
$58,944 ±$7,738 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $73,558 ±$941
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372

10.3% ±5.9% (677  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 14% 87,515 (±0.5% / ±3,218)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)

21.9 minutes ±3.7 (65,380  ±13,468) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 21.6 5,933,570 (±0.3 / ±103,964)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)

Families

3,015 ±203 Number of households
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 267,658 ±1,220
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
2.2 ±0.2 (6,567  ±50) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 2.3 625,548 (±0 / ±724)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232

4.1% ±4.8% (66  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 4.8% 7,200 (±0.4% / ±619)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)

Housing

3,316 ±250 Number of housing units
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 297,056 ±288
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410

$140,600 ±$11,161 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $175,300 ±$2,099
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347

11.7% ±5% (766  ±329.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 13.5% 87,577 (±0.5% / ±3,030.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)

Social

88.9% ±7.7% (4,275  ±413.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 91.6% 413,215 (±1% / ±4,316.5)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
26.7% ±4.4% (1,285  ±219.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 34.2% 154,361 (±0.6% / ±2,804.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)

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

17.9% ±6% (1,179  ±397) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.1% 40,241
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147

6% ±2.2% (308  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.6% 34,029 (±0.2% / ±989)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
308 Total veterans ±113 284 Male ±101 24 Female ±26

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