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Syracuse, NY

145,573 Population
25.1 square miles 5,809.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.3 ±1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 40.1 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$27,818 ±$2,022 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $41,167 ±$1,106
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$47,525 ±$5,118 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $73,268 ±$3,114
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

31.6% ±3.5% (40,475  ±4,571) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 13.7% 84,655 (±1.2% / ±7,434)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

18.6 minutes ±3.1 (1,057,805  ±185,579) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 22.1 6,206,680 (±0.8 / ±267,801)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

60,652 ±2,833 Number of households
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 273,464 ±2,856
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.1 ±0.1 (127,036  ±3,611) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 2.3 619,010 (±0 / ±3,573)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)

2.8% ±1.1% (1,166  ±467) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 4.2% † 6,264 (±0.7% / ±1,061)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

68,485 ±2,941 Number of housing units
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 298,143 ±1,599
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$135,400 ±$8,730 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $189,400 ±$5,017
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

24.3% ±3% (34,885  ±4,365.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 14.1% 90,726 (±1% / ±6,503.1)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

85.1% ±4.1% (75,606  ±4,431.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 91.8% 412,599 (±1.9% / ±8,722.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
31.6% ±3% (28,101  ±2,792.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 36.4% 163,822 (±1.2% / ±5,507.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

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

11.7% ±1.7% (16,992  ±2,490) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.4% † 42,046 (±5,478.8% / ±5,950)
  • about half the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)

5% ±1.1% (5,746  ±1,246) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.3% 32,396 (±0.5% / ±2,333)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
5,746 Total veterans ±1,246 5,233 Male ±1,205 513 Female ±356

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