Syracuse, New York

Syracuse population, 2020 to 2024

Syracuse lost 837 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.6%. In the latest year it moved by +30. Among 170 New York places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 91st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in New York has 10,324 people, so Syracuse is 14.2 times that size.

Syracuse covers 25.06 square miles of land and 0.58 of water, for 5,830 people per square mile of land. The median New York place of 5,000+ has 3,760, so Syracuse is denser than the typical town.

What county Syracuse is in

All of Syracuse's residents live in Onondaga County, which had 469,812 residents in 2024. Syracuse holds 31.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Syracuse

12 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Syracuse by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 13202, 13203, 13204, 13205, 13206, 13207, 13208, 13210, 13214, 13224, 13244, 13290. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Syracuse is

The Census internal point of Syracuse is at 43.041000, -76.143600. Albany, the capital, is 123.8 miles ESE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rochester, NY (207,282 people), 74.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 124 m (407 ft) above sea level.

Daylight in Syracuse

At 43.04° N, Syracuse gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Syracuse daylight page.

Places near Syracuse

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in New York, measured between internal points. The closest is Solvay, 3.6 miles away, with 6,495 people.