Housing density: 2,718 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2015: $93,562.
Median contract rent in 2015: $430 (lower quartile is $339, upper quartile is $529)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2015: $723
Median gross rent in Syracuse, NY in 2015: $506
Housing units in Syracuse with a mortgage: 12,637 (997 second mortgage, 1,273 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 7,345
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $73,969
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $48,744
Estimated median house or condo value in 2015: $93,100 (it was $67,900 in 2000)
Syracuse:
$93,100
New York:
$293,500
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $71,000 - $136,000
Mean price in 2015:
Detached houses: $131,151
Here:
$131,151
State:
$344,789
Townhouses or other attached units: $273,374
Here:
$273,374
State:
$553,457
In 2-unit structures: $123,973
Here:
$123,973
State:
$524,046
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $113,388
Here:
$113,388
State:
$600,393
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $274,671
Here:
$274,671
State:
$779,069
Median year house/condo built: 1939
Median year apartment built: 1949
Household type by relationship:
Households: 136,277
In family households: 99,021 (16,461 male householders, 14,256 female householders)
17,274 spouses, 40,796 children (38,645 natural, 914 adopted, 1,237 stepchildren), 2,816 grandchildren, 1,299 brothers or sisters, 719 parents, 1,601 other relatives, 3,799 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 37,256 (13,357 male householders (10,114 living alone)), 15,494 female householders (12,621 living alone)), 8,405 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 11,049 (2,399 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 11,982 2-persons, 7,828 3-persons, 5,677 4-persons, 2,986 5-persons, 1,419 6-persons, 825 7-or-more-persons.
14,229 married couples with children.
18,213 single-parent households (2,347 men, 15,866 women).
86.8% of residents of Syracuse speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
4.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 11,214 (7.6%)
(37.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Syracuse, New York:
01 room
432 rooms
4043 rooms
9154 rooms
3,5985 rooms
7,4046 rooms
5,2407 rooms
3,2908 rooms
3,0939+ rooms
Note: State values scaled to Syracuse population
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Syracuse, New York:
2,2351 room
2,8412 rooms
8,3513 rooms
7,1244 rooms
6,4025 rooms
4,9946 rooms
2,0147 rooms
9198 rooms
6199+ rooms
Note: State values scaled to Syracuse population
Year house built
Median 2015 house/condo value by year built ($)
Median house/condo value by year householder moved into unit ($)
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders ($)
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Syracuse, NY household income distribution
12,718Less than $10,000
6,288$10,000 to $14,999
5,523$15,000 to $19,999
5,255$20,000 to $24,999
4,154$25,000 to $29,999
3,803$30,000 to $34,999
3,092$35,000 to $39,999
2,962$40,000 to $44,999
2,297$45,000 to $49,999
3,372$50,000 to $59,999
3,823$60,000 to $74,999
3,315$75,000 to $99,999
1,512$100,000 to $124,999
515$125,000 to $149,999
400$150,000 to $199,999
539$200,000 or more
Home value of owner-occupied houses in 2015 in Syracuse, NY
182Less than $10,000
177$10,000 to $14,999
46$15,000 to $19,999
73$20,000 to $24,999
40$25,000 to $29,999
210$30,000 to $34,999
104$35,000 to $39,999
900$40,000 to $49,999
1,216$50,000 to $59,999
2,001$60,000 to $69,999
1,913$70,000 to $79,999
2,616$80,000 to $89,999
2,546$90,000 to $99,999
2,635$100,000 to $124,999
1,695$125,000 to $149,999
1,170$150,000 to $174,999
829$175,000 to $199,999
632$200,000 to $249,999
215$250,000 to $299,999
702$300,000 to $399,999
166$400,000 to $499,999
311$500,000 to $749,999
85$750,000 to $999,999
40$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
40$2,000,000 or more
Rent paid by renters in 2015 in Syracuse, NY
454Less than $100
298$100 to $149
348$150 to $199
1,670$200 to $249
508$250 to $299
1,236$300 to $349
774$350 to $399
976$400 to $449
1,405$450 to $499
2,186$500 to $549
3,115$550 to $599
3,102$600 to $649
3,687$650 to $699
3,082$700 to $749
1,624$750 to $799
2,634$800 to $899
1,697$900 to $999
1,766$1,000 to $1,249
1,343$1,250 to $1,499
753$1,500 to $1,999
113$2,000 to $2,499
261$2,500 to $2,999
655No cash rent
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
4,7081995 to March 2000
1,8161990 to 1994
1,0221985 to 1989
7131980 to 1984
3891975 to 1979
4191970 to 1974
3281965 to 1969
1,819Before 1965
Note: State values scaled to Syracuse population
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 2,186
5 to 9 minutes: 9,199
10 to 14 minutes: 16,117
15 to 19 minutes: 13,860
20 to 24 minutes: 7,330
25 to 29 minutes: 1,646
30 to 34 minutes: 3,151
35 to 39 minutes: 404
40 to 44 minutes: 489
45 to 59 minutes: 1,303
60 to 89 minutes: 1,463
90 or more minutes: 688
Percentage of workers working in this county: 96.6% Number of people working at home: 1,205 (2.0% of all workers)
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 38,936 (66%)
Carpooled: 8,114 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,020 (7%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 9 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
Taxi: 111 (0%)
Motorcycle: 24 (0%)
Bicycle: 348 (1%)
Walked: 5,960 (10%)
Other means: 306 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,205 (2%)
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 44,528
Italian: 17,797
Irish: 15,529
German: 10,462
English: 6,514
Polish: 5,341
United States or American: 3,489
French (except Basque): 3,060
Subsaharan African:: 2,031
French Canadian: 1,816
African: 1,649
Scottish: 1,296
Scotch-Irish: 1,262
Russian: 1,062
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 1,057
Ukrainian: 1,019
Dutch: 913
Arab:: 813
European: 706
Jamaican: 628
Yugoslavian: 626
Swedish: 512
British: 505
Greek: 487
Welsh: 398
Hungarian: 370
Arab/Arabic: 350
Canadian: 338
Norwegian: 299
Austrian: 290
Turkish: 241
Lebanese: 231
Portuguese: 187
Slovak: 183
Armenian: 163
West Indian: 163
Albanian: 156
Lithuanian: 155
Swiss: 152
Haitian: 134
Danish: 122
Czech: 114
Eastern European: 113
Macedonian: 113
Romanian: 107
Northern European: 107
Liberian: 92
Croatian: 91
Celtic: 85
Czechoslovakian: 78
Other Subsaharan African: 74
Syrian: 71
Latvian: 69
Bulgarian: 65
Kenyan: 60
Iranian: 56
Egyptian: 55
Scandinavian: 53
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 51
British West Indian: 50
Finnish: 49
Other Arab: 46
Brazilian: 44
Ethiopian: 42
Slavic: 39
Israeli: 37
Palestinian: 36
Slovene: 35
Belgian: 33
Cape Verdean: 28
Nigerian: 25
Somalian: 25
Barbadian: 25
Guyanese: 21
Jordanian: 18
Ghanian: 17
Cypriot: 11
Australian: 11
Zairian: 9
Acadian/Cajun: 8
New Zealander: 7
Alsatian: 7
Bahamian: 6
Pennsylvania German: 6
Sierra Leonean: 6
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 6
Iraqi: 6
South African: 4
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):
11%Vietnam
7%Italy
5%Bosnia and Herzegovina
5%Canada
4%China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
4%Korea
4%India
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 105,555
Northeast: 9,557
Midwest: 3,943
South: 12,170
West: 1,964
46% of Syracuse residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in New York.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 344
Nursery to 4th grade: 204
5th and 6th grade: 606
7th and 8th grade: 1,371
9th grade: 1,265
10th grade: 1,796
11th grade: 1,647
12th grade, no diploma: 1,727
High school graduate (or equivalency): 11,216
Less than 1 year of college: 2,251
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,513
Associate degree: 2,455
Bachelor's degree: 5,209
Master's degree: 2,732
Professional school degree: 1,061
Doctorate degree: 744
Educational Attainment for Males (%)
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 614
Nursery to 4th grade: 201
5th and 6th grade: 699
7th and 8th grade: 2,051
9th grade: 1,709
10th grade: 2,045
11th grade: 2,279
12th grade, no diploma: 1,950
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,786
Less than 1 year of college: 2,712
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 4,694
Associate degree: 3,939
Bachelor's degree: 5,399
Master's degree: 3,583
Professional school degree: 806
Doctorate degree: 476
Educational Attainment for Females (%)
Class of Workers
Unemployment by race in 2000
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
7.5%Males
6.4%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
18.5%Males
13.1%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
7.1%Males
10.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
6.8%Males
11.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
19.9%Males
9.0%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
11.5%Males
11.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
21.6%Males
11.8%Females
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 25,987
One, attached: 1,811
Two: 13,821
3 or 4: 6,979
5 to 9: 5,268
10 to 19: 4,060
20 to 49: 3,472
50 or more: 6,750
Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $58,800
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%
House/condo owner moved in on average 17 years ago
Renter moved in on average 3 years ago
Year Householders Moved Into Residence in Syracuse:
Other groups: 44,528
