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Syracuse, NY
146,097 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3673000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Syracuse ranked #297 of 340 cities and 8th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Syracuse and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Rochester NY, Hartford CT, Dayton OH, Springfield MA, Buffalo NY, Provo UT, Knoxville TN, New Haven CT, Albany NY, Allentown PA, Tuscaloosa AL, South Bend IN, Pittsburgh PA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #297 of 340 cities · 8th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #322 | #309 | #330 | #335 | #332 | #313 | #315 | #320 | #311 | #330 | #323 | #332 | #318 | #329 | #327 | #330 | #259 | #299 | #297 | #319 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 144,804 | 144,286 | 144,121 | 144,854 | 145,089 | 145,215 | 144,526 | 144,414 | 145,044 | 144,331 | 143,816 | 143,176 | 142,287 | 142,745 | 142,327 | 146,934 | 145,862 | 146,778 | 146,067 | 146,097 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #207 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | -0.8 | -0.7 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.2 | — | -0.5 | -0.7 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -1.0 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -0.6 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.5 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #174 of 271 cities with data · 8th of 11 in its peer group with data | — | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 2.3 | — | 0.6 | 1.5 | — | 1.9 | — | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | — | 0.1 | 2.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #195 of 340 cities · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 27.2% | 28.4% | 26.0% | 26.4% | 26.7% | 26.8% | 29.7% | 28.2% | 26.5% | 28.0% | 25.6% | 26.7% | 26.7% | 25.3% | 24.5% | — | 26.2% | 24.7% | 26.8% | 25.1% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #266 of 304 cities with data · 10th of 14 in its peer group | 13.1 | 8.3 | 13.2 | 16.6 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 14.5 | 13.9 | 15.3 | 21.0 | 14.1 | 16.1 | 13.3 | 21.8 | — | 11.6 | 12.3 | 15.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 107,721 | 107,253 | 104,019 | 103,237 | 99,183 | 99,271 | 91,895 | 95,546 | 96,027 | 100,182 | 101,401 | 99,826 | 100,100 | 99,812 | 101,406 | 94,402 | 95,514 | 96,275 | 104,265 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #12 of 329 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -1.7 | +0.2 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -1.8 | +2.0 | -6.6 | +3.0 | +2.8 | -0.2 | +2.0 | -2.9 | +1.1 | -1.0 | -1.5 | +0.6 | +1.7 | -2.8 | +5.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 54,383 | 53,529 | 60,241 | 56,954 | 58,876 | 60,234 | 53,833 | 57,551 | 62,976 | — | 59,583 | 62,212 | 64,565 | 66,604 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #300 of 340 cities · 9th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.0% | 14.0% | 12.3% | 11.2% | 9.6% | 9.0% | 11.8% | 11.6% | 5.6% | — | 6.9% | 6.6% | 6.7% | 7.2% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #264 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 15% | 8% | 8% | 12% | 8% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 8% | 1% | -2% | -3% | -3% | -4% | -4% | -1% | 9% | 16% | 3% | 1% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #165 of 314 cities with data · 11th of 14 in its peer group | $5,032 | $4,889 | $6,498 | $10,056 | $10,644 | $10,564 | $10,425 | $10,127 | $9,361 | $9,085 | $9,105 | $3,681 | $2,265 | $2,087 | $1,851 | $1,806 | $1,892 | $1,730 | $1,513 | $2,849 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Syracuse. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.