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. Syracuse has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Syracuse is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.47% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. Syracuse is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Syracuse is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy. 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. Syracuse has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Syracuse has quite a high level of public transit users. Syracuse’s need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.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.
