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Syracuse city, New York: commercial real estate data.
Syracuse city is a Census city of 146,384 people across 25.06 square miles of land, in Onondaga County. Median household income is $47,819, 41.6 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 195 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $78.6 m.
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Syracuse
What Syracuse is
- Census place typecity
- Land area25.06 sq mi
- Water area0.58 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land5,842
- County holding the largest share of its areaOnondaga County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Syracuse
How many people live in Syracuse
- Population146,384
- Median age31.8
- Population under 1830,021
- Share under 1820.5 percent
- Population 65 and over21,063
- Share 65 and over14.4 percent
- Households59,816
- Family households27,715
- Share of households that are families46.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Syracuse
Income and work in Syracuse
- Median household income$47,819
- Per capita income$28,393
- Civilian labor force67,869
- Employed62,634
- Unemployed5,235
- Unemployment rate7.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over90,369
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher85.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher31.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Syracuse
Housing in Syracuse
- Housing units67,601
- Occupied units59,816
- Vacant units7,785
- Vacancy rate11.5 percent
- Owner occupied24,889
- Renter occupied34,927
- Ownership rate41.6 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$138,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,039
- Annual rent as a share of median income26.1 percent
- Single family units30,475
- Share single family45.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more36,897
- Share in buildings of two or more54.6 percent
- Mobile homes228 plus or minus 100
- Median year structure built1948
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Syracuse
How Syracuse gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute53,578
- Commuting under 15 minutes23,873
- Share commuting under 15 minutes44.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,980
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more14.9 percent
- Drove alone58.5 percent
- Carpooled9.7 percent
- Public transport6.3 percent
- Walked9.3 percent
- Worked from home12.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Syracuse
SBA loans in Syracuse (7(a))
- Approvals195
- Gross approval$78,571,800
- Average approval$402,932
- Median approval$125,300
- Ninetieth percentile approval$967,200
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported2,345
- Jobs per approval12.0
- Loans with a final outcome34
- Paid in full31
- Charged off3
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more6.2 percent
- Share to franchises9.7 percent
- Distinct lenders38
- Distinct industries by NAICS98
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Syracuse
SBA loans in Syracuse (504)
- Approvals47
- Gross approval$37,155,000
- Average approval$790,532
- Median approval$327,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported445
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans8.3 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Syracuse
Flood risk in Syracuse
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number360595
- Currently effective map date11/04/16
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
Onondaga County, not Syracuse
Onondaga County context, not Syracuse figures
These are Onondaga County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Syracuse measurements.
- Establishments in Onondaga County11,166
- Employment at those establishments, Onondaga County223,537
- Covered employment, Onondaga County245,375
- Average annual pay, Onondaga County$69,444
- Average weekly wage, Onondaga County$1,335
- Housing units permitted, Onondaga County633
- Of those, single family, Onondaga County323
- County product, 2024, Onondaga County$42,500,298,000
- County product change over the prior year, Onondaga County6.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Onondaga County$66,450
Every figure in this section is published for Onondaga County as a whole and is not a measurement of Syracuse. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Syracuse questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Syracuse, New York?
146,384, in 59,816 households. Syracuse city covers 25.06 square miles of land, which is 5,842 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Syracuse in?
Onondaga County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Syracuse?
$47,819. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $138,400. Median gross rent is $1,039 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Syracuse businesses?
195 7(a) approvals totalling $78.6 m, across 38 lenders, median approval $125,300, plus 47 504 approvals worth $37.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Syracuse, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Syracuse borrowers get paid back?
Of the 34 loans that have reached a final outcome, 31 were paid in full and 3 charged off, a charge off rate of 8.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Syracuse in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Syracuse appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 360595, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Syracuse figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Onondaga County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Syracuse.
Is zoning published for Syracuse?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.