Housing density: 2,670 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2017: $96,688.
Median contract rent in 2017: $430 (lower quartile is $339, upper quartile is $529)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2017: $792
Median gross rent in Syracuse, NY in 2017: $506
Housing units in Syracuse with a mortgage: 11,835 (506 second mortgage, 1,027 home equity loan, 24 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 8,124
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $65,069
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $54,339
In family households: 91,997 (10,800 male householders, 16,411 female householders)
13,883 spouses, 36,924 children (34,878 natural, 518 adopted, 1,528 stepchildren), 4,458 grandchildren, 2,097 brothers or sisters, 2,085 parents, 2,340 other relatives, 2,999 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 35,379 (13,309 male householders (10,212 living alone)), 13,542 female householders (10,731 living alone)), 8,528 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 16,022
Size of family households: 12,180 2-persons, 6,573 3-persons, 4,233 4-persons, 2,420 5-persons, 691 6-persons, 1,114 7-or-more-persons.
12,044 married couples with children.
15,140 single-parent households (1,792 men, 13,348 women).
81.3% of residents of Syracuse speak English at home.
6.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
5.8% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (41% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 20,072 (14.0%)
(43.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Syracuse, New York
10,0242010 or later
4,8922000 to 2009
2,2821990 to 1999
1,7351980 to 1989
8081970 to 1979
2,147Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 6,446 (8.0%)
Irish: 5,571 (6.9%)
German: 2,596 (3.2%)
American: 2,060 (2.6%)
Polish: 1,664 (2.1%)
English: 1,587 (2.0%)
African: 1,405 (1.8%)
Somali: 1,065 (1.3%)
Jamaican: 693 (0.9%)
Iraqi: 633 (0.8%)
French: 614 (0.8%)
European: 571 (0.7%)
French Canadian: 370 (0.5%)
Scottish: 366 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 362 (0.5%)
Russian: 337 (0.4%)
Dutch: 283 (0.4%)
Arab: 277 (0.3%)
Egyptian: 247 (0.3%)
British: 233 (0.3%)
Moroccan: 201 (0.3%)
Yugoslavian: 199 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 193 (0.2%)
Turkish: 185 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 171 (0.2%)
Albanian: 159 (0.2%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 153 (0.2%)
Ethiopian: 153 (0.2%)
Greek: 150 (0.2%)
West Indian: 138 (0.2%)
Haitian: 135 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 116 (0.1%)
Canadian: 115 (0.1%)
Afghan: 108 (0.1%)
Jordanian: 107 (0.1%)
Romanian: 101 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 99 (0.1%)
Liberian: 96 (0.1%)
Nigerian: 91 (0.1%)
Welsh: 85 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 85 (0.1%)
Kenyan: 83 (0.1%)
Austrian: 82 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.09%)
Guyanese: 71 (0.09%)
Ugandan: 70 (0.09%)
Lebanese: 68 (0.08%)
Brazilian: 62 (0.08%)
Ghanaian: 59 (0.07%)
Swiss: 57 (0.07%)
Palestinian: 47 (0.06%)
Swedish: 47 (0.06%)
Barbadian: 47 (0.06%)
Czechoslovakian: 45 (0.06%)
Iranian: 43 (0.05%)
Sudanese: 33 (0.04%)
Israeli: 32 (0.04%)
Belizean: 30 (0.04%)
Northern European: 29 (0.04%)
Australian: 26 (0.03%)
Slovak: 26 (0.03%)
Macedonian: 26 (0.03%)
Serbian: 22 (0.03%)
Cajun: 22 (0.03%)
South African: 22 (0.03%)
Belgian: 21 (0.03%)
Pennsylvania German: 17 (0.02%)
Danish: 16 (0.02%)
Bulgarian: 14 (0.02%)
Slavic: 13 (0.02%)
Scandinavian: 13 (0.02%)
Czech: 12 (0.01%)
Bahamian: 12 (0.01%)
Icelander: 12 (0.01%)
Armenian: 11 (0.01%)
Slovene: 11 (0.01%)
Latvian: 10 (0.01%)
Maltese: 9 (0.01%)
British West Indian: 9 (0.01%)
Syrian: 8 (0.01%)
Finnish: 8 (0.01%)
U.S. Virgin Islander: 8 (0.01%)
Estonian: 5 (0.01%)
Cape Verdean: 5 (0.01%)
Croatian: 5 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Syracuse:
11.7% (2,144)
New York:
8.9% (401,276)
Vietnam
Syracuse:
7.1% (1,300)
New York:
0.5% (24,533)
Cuba
Syracuse:
7.0% (1,283)
New York:
0.6% (26,057)
Other South Central Asia
Syracuse:
5.6% (1,024)
New York:
0.2% (8,626)
Burma
Syracuse:
5.6% (1,020)
New York:
0.3% (14,002)
India
Syracuse:
4.0% (738)
New York:
3.6% (160,779)
Iraq
Syracuse:
3.6% (663)
New York:
0.1% (5,565)
Somalia
Syracuse:
3.2% (590)
New York:
0.0% (1,975)
Nepal
Syracuse:
2.8% (514)
New York:
0.3% (12,279)
Other Middle Africa
Syracuse:
2.6% (474)
New York:
0.1% (5,621)
Jamaica
Syracuse:
2.6% (469)
New York:
5.3% (236,229)
Thailand
Syracuse:
2.6% (468)
New York:
0.3% (12,823)
Kenya
Syracuse:
2.3% (425)
New York:
0.1% (4,105)
Dominican Republic
Syracuse:
2.0% (372)
New York:
11.0% (494,465)
Italy
Syracuse:
1.7% (305)
New York:
2.2% (97,617)
Korea
Syracuse:
1.5% (280)
New York:
2.1% (94,619)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 94,772
Other state: 23,808
Northeast: 8,937
Midwest: 2,652
South: 9,721
West: 2,498
77.4% of Syracuse residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 38.8% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 47.7% lived in New York.
Syracuse:
77.4%
State average:
89.4%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 766
Nursery to 4th grade: 159
5th and 6th grade: 668
7th and 8th grade: 678
9th grade: 1,078
10th grade: 1,614
11th grade: 1,892
12th grade, no diploma: 467
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,896
Less than 1 year of college: 1,340
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,649
Associate degree: 3,139
Bachelor's degree: 6,409
Master's degree: 4,205
Professional school degree: 665
Doctorate degree: 711
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 979
Nursery to 4th grade: 203
5th and 6th grade: 244
7th and 8th grade: 589
9th grade: 769
10th grade: 1,786
11th grade: 2,007
12th grade, no diploma: 1,060
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,880
Less than 1 year of college: 3,880
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,709
Associate degree: 5,048
Bachelor's degree: 5,540
Master's degree: 3,688
Professional school degree: 1,013
Doctorate degree: 957
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 25,447
One, attached: 4,110
Two: 12,029
3 or 4: 6,345
5 to 9: 5,014
10 to 19: 2,963
20 to 49: 3,850
50 or more: 7,042
Mobile homes: 198
Median worth of mobile homes: $118,971
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2017: 3.0%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2017: 6.6%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago