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Syracuse, NY

146,124 Population
25.1 square miles 5,831.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$24,138 ±$1,413 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $35,931 ±$980
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
$40,076 ±$3,902 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $64,296 ±$1,589
  • about half the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613

28.8% ±3.6% (37,620  ±4,725) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 14.3% 89,557 (±1.2% / ±7,260)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)

17.7 minutes ±0.6 (881,035  ±69,988) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 21 5,471,915 (±0.5 / ±186,765)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)

Families

62,663 ±2,304 Number of households
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 270,350 ±2,641
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
2.1 ±0.1 (130,658  ±2,766) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 2.3 627,542 (±0 / ±3,121)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)

4.1% ±1.6% (1,595  ±643) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 4% † 5,971 (±0.7% / ±1,127)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)

Housing

70,055 ±2,696 Number of housing units
  • the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 297,131 ±1,336
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867

$123,000 ±$8,002 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: $164,000 ±$2,980
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957

23.2% ±2.9% (33,559  ±4,139.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 13.8% 90,221 (±1.1% / ±6,894)
  • more than double the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)

Social

86.9% ±3.8% (81,261  ±4,245.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 91.5% 413,658 (±1.9% / ±8,733.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
30.9% ±2.7% (28,916  ±2,633) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 34.1% 154,127 (±1.2% / ±5,195)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

10.7% ±1.4% (15,664  ±2,100) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6% 39,215 (±0.5% / ±3,479)
  • about half the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)

4.8% ±1.1% (5,552  ±1,253) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Syracuse, NY Metro Area: 6.5% 33,952 (±0.5% / ±2,485)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
5,552 Total veterans ±1,253 5,106 Male ±1,220 446 Female ±316

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