Housing density: 2,862 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2019: $192,813.
Median contract rent in 2019: $713 (lower quartile is $554, upper quartile is $873)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2019: $1,019
Median gross rent in Syracuse, NY in 2019: $806
Housing units in Syracuse with a mortgage: 14,136 (139 second mortgage, 1,793 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 8,588
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $80,923
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $50,063
9,041 married couples with children.
15,641 single-parent households (2,452 men, 13,189 women).
80.9% of residents of Syracuse speak English at home.
6.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (65% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
4.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak other language at home (66% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 18,687 (13.1%)
(42.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Syracuse, New York
11,1312010 or later
4,1862000 to 2009
1,8161990 to 1999
1,7351980 to 1989
8081970 to 1979
2,147Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 6,023 (7.4%)
Italian: 5,935 (7.3%)
German: 2,476 (3.0%)
English: 2,045 (2.5%)
American: 1,884 (2.3%)
African: 1,691 (2.1%)
Polish: 1,671 (2.1%)
Somali: 1,530 (1.9%)
Jamaican: 1,159 (1.4%)
European: 983 (1.2%)
French: 550 (0.7%)
Iraqi: 529 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 452 (0.6%)
Scottish: 399 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 316 (0.4%)
British: 300 (0.4%)
Arab: 296 (0.4%)
Haitian: 295 (0.4%)
Afghan: 288 (0.4%)
Greek: 265 (0.3%)
Moroccan: 251 (0.3%)
Dutch: 236 (0.3%)
Russian: 226 (0.3%)
Ethiopian: 199 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 188 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 185 (0.2%)
Egyptian: 167 (0.2%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 149 (0.2%)
Albanian: 142 (0.2%)
Palestinian: 123 (0.2%)
Welsh: 115 (0.1%)
Austrian: 105 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 103 (0.1%)
Canadian: 103 (0.1%)
Turkish: 97 (0.1%)
Nigerian: 96 (0.1%)
Yugoslavian: 86 (0.1%)
West Indian: 84 (0.1%)
Brazilian: 81 (0.10%)
Swedish: 78 (0.10%)
Barbadian: 70 (0.09%)
Hungarian: 69 (0.08%)
Lithuanian: 68 (0.08%)
Guyanese: 65 (0.08%)
Ghanaian: 65 (0.08%)
Jordanian: 58 (0.07%)
Lebanese: 56 (0.07%)
Romanian: 53 (0.07%)
Slovak: 51 (0.06%)
Slavic: 49 (0.06%)
Kenyan: 47 (0.06%)
Iranian: 46 (0.06%)
Sudanese: 44 (0.05%)
Danish: 39 (0.05%)
Northern European: 38 (0.05%)
Finnish: 30 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.03%)
Syrian: 25 (0.03%)
Swiss: 25 (0.03%)
Bulgarian: 24 (0.03%)
Croatian: 23 (0.03%)
Pennsylvania German: 21 (0.03%)
Icelander: 20 (0.02%)
Czech: 19 (0.02%)
Macedonian: 18 (0.02%)
Latvian: 17 (0.02%)
Celtic: 16 (0.02%)
Israeli: 13 (0.02%)
Serbian: 13 (0.02%)
Armenian: 11 (0.01%)
Cajun: 11 (0.01%)
Czechoslovakian: 9 (0.01%)
Scandinavian: 9 (0.01%)
Maltese: 7 (0.01%)
Belgian: 7 (0.01%)
Basque: 7 (0.01%)
U.S. Virgin Islander: 7 (0.01%)
Slovene: 5 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Syracuse:
9.7% (1,868)
New York:
9.1% (403,478)
Cuba
Syracuse:
6.2% (1,193)
New York:
0.6% (25,271)
Somalia
Syracuse:
6.0% (1,148)
New York:
0.1% (2,964)
Vietnam
Syracuse:
5.3% (1,013)
New York:
0.6% (26,372)
Burma
Syracuse:
5.3% (1,012)
New York:
0.3% (14,094)
Congo
Syracuse:
4.5% (865)
New York:
0.0% (2,123)
Other South Central Asia
Syracuse:
4.1% (785)
New York:
0.2% (8,790)
Jamaica
Syracuse:
3.8% (737)
New York:
5.2% (228,914)
India
Syracuse:
3.4% (656)
New York:
3.6% (161,045)
Iraq
Syracuse:
3.1% (590)
New York:
0.1% (5,615)
Dominican Republic
Syracuse:
2.7% (527)
New York:
11.2% (496,813)
Africa, n.e.c.
Syracuse:
2.4% (462)
New York:
0.3% (13,403)
Thailand
Syracuse:
2.4% (456)
New York:
0.3% (13,384)
Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Syracuse:
2.3% (449)
New York:
0.1% (2,477)
Nepal
Syracuse:
2.3% (442)
New York:
0.3% (13,501)
Kenya
Syracuse:
2.0% (385)
New York:
0.1% (4,363)
Afghanistan
Syracuse:
1.8% (346)
New York:
0.2% (7,551)
Korea
Syracuse:
1.8% (344)
New York:
2.0% (88,703)
Other Eastern Africa
Syracuse:
1.7% (324)
New York:
0.1% (4,987)
Ukraine
Syracuse:
1.6% (312)
New York:
1.7% (75,403)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 96,968
Other state: 23,421
Northeast: 8,005
Midwest: 3,162
South: 9,325
West: 2,929
76.7% of Syracuse residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 39.5% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 45.2% lived in New York.
Syracuse:
76.7%
State average:
89.5%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,393
Nursery to 4th grade: 264
5th and 6th grade: 305
7th and 8th grade: 719
9th grade: 880
10th grade: 967
11th grade: 815
12th grade, no diploma: 887
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,899
Less than 1 year of college: 2,617
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,498
Associate degree: 3,020
Bachelor's degree: 6,978
Master's degree: 3,945
Professional school degree: 776
Doctorate degree: 827
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 1,289
Nursery to 4th grade: 205
5th and 6th grade: 419
7th and 8th grade: 975
9th grade: 1,011
10th grade: 748
11th grade: 1,454
12th grade, no diploma: 1,185
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,274
Less than 1 year of college: 2,215
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,713
Associate degree: 4,849
Bachelor's degree: 7,958
Master's degree: 5,783
Professional school degree: 1,035
Doctorate degree: 964
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 27,859
One, attached: 1,784
Two: 14,527
3 or 4: 6,224
5 to 9: 4,914
10 to 19: 3,070
20 to 49: 3,994
50 or more: 8,993
Mobile homes: 393
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $89,119
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2019: 3.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2019: 6.6%
House/condo owner moved in on average 14 years ago