Syracuse is a relatively large city located in the state of New York. With a population of 145,560 people and 74 associated neighborhoods, Syracuse is the ninth largest community in New York. Much of the housing stock in Syracuse was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Syracuse is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Syracuse is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Syracuse who work in office and administrative support (11.17%), teaching (10.11%), and management occupations (8.27%). Also of interest is that Syracuse has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Syracuse telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.47% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Syracuse really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Syracuse is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Syracuse more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Syracuse’s character and quality of life. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Syracuse spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.97 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be. A lot of people in Syracuse take the bus for their daily commute. For the size of the city, the number of people who use public transportation is quite high. For many people in Syracuse, this fills their need for low-cost transportation.In terms of college education, Syracuse is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 30.51% of adults in Syracuse have a college degree. The per capita income in Syracuse in 2022 was $27,570, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,280 for a family of four. However, Syracuse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Syracuse is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Syracuse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Syracuse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Syracuse also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.32% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Syracuse include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Syracuse is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
