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 (11.62%), teaching (10.03%), and sales jobs (8.76%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.33% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. One of the benefits of Syracuse is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.09 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. Many people in Syracuse take advantage of public transportation to get around. In fact, for the size of the city, the number of people who use the bus to commute to work is quite high. This helps to fill a need among Syracuse citizens for affordable transportation.The education level of Syracuse citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.73% of adults in Syracuse have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Syracuse in 2022 was $26,472, 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 $105,888 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. 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.
