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.

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.

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.

Not only is Syracuse a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Syracuse is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.97 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

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.

The overall education level of Syracuse citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 30.51% of adults in Syracuse have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

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.