Onondaga County, New York

Onondaga County has a population of 471,129 and has shrunk 2.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $200,200, about 2.6 times the county's median household income of $76,945.

Home price
$200,200
Income
$76,945
Population
471,129
Unemployment
5.2%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$200,200county
Median gross rent$1,108county
Median year homes here were built1964county
Share of homes built before 198069.9%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant6.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented34.1%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,662county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,392county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,123county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,691county
Home insurance / yr$1,683(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living125.1(statewide)
Median household income$76,945county
Family health premium / yr$27,188(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$17,361(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.166(statewide)
Poverty rate13.8%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.1%county
Unemployment rate5.2%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.4%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government18.4%county
Share of workers in the largest industry33.0%county
Economic output per resident$90,209county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate2.44%county
Top state income tax10.90%(statewide)
Capital gains tax10.90%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.54%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time20.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport1486554county
Miles to nearest general aviation field9.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network2county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station0.6 micounty
Households without a vehicle12.0%county
Traffic deaths15.7county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher39.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher91.8%county
Public schools in the county122county
Public school enrollment67044county
Students per full-time teacher12.2county
Free lunch eligible48.8%county
Elementary schools69county
Middle schools25county
High schools21county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above5county
Share of local colleges that are public50.0%county
Two-year institutions3county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians92county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county5county
Hospitals here with an emergency department5county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.4 µgcounty
Without health insurance3.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year12.4%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity24.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population471,129county
Land area in square miles778county
People per square mile of land605.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores98county
Convenience stores110county
Share living far from a food store16.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.1%county
Population change since 2020-2.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age39.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.7%county
Share of households that are one person33.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States7.9%county
Second languages11.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls52.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents77county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-6county
Households that moved in7,868county
Households that moved away9,360county
Average income of arriving households$63,437county
Average income of departing households$70,569county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,701county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings78.6%county
Violent crime rate380(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature47.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation41.2 incounty
Annual snowfall132.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.69 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing145 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days173 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 1county
Average first fall frostOct 21county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$110county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh17.2¢county
Household electricity use723 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$20.71(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity21.0%county
Homes heated by utility gas69.5%county
Homes heated by propane3.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.9%county
Households with broadband91.6%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk95.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk0.0county
Landslide risk62.4county
Hail risk78.4county
Earthquake risk81.4county
Tornado risk87.3county
Tropical cyclone risk77.2county
Extreme heat risk82.4county
Winter weather risk97.6county
Strong wind risk98.3county
Wildfire risk46.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
AHL teams based here1county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Onondaga County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the New York figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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