The median owner-occupied home in Onondaga County had a real-estate tax bill of $4,805 (± $71) a year, compared with $6,450 in New York and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $185,300 (± $2,307), compared with $403,000 in New York and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Onondaga County | New York | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 471,611 | 19,872,319 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $4,805 ± $71 | $6,450 ± $17 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $185,300 ± $2,307 | $403,000 ± $1,347 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $74,740 ± $1,143 | $84,578 ± $372 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 2.59% ± 0.05 points | 1.60% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 65.7% ± 0.5 points | 54.3% ± 0.2 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 33.6% ± 0.7 points | 33.9% ± 0.1 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 17.0% ± 0.8 points | 27.2% ± 0.2 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Onondaga County (16)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
- Baldwinsville
- Camillus
- East Syracuse
- Elbridge
- Fabius
- Fayetteville
- Jordan
- Liverpool
- Manlius
- Marcellus
- Minoa
- North Syracuse
- Skaneateles
- Solvay
- Syracuse
- Tully
Census-designated places in Onondaga County (13)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Brewerton (partly in this county)
- Bridgeport (partly in this county)
- De Witt
- Fairmount
- Galeville
- Lakeland
- Lyncourt
- Mattydale
- Nedrow
- Radisson
- Seneca Knolls
- Village Green
- Westvale
Towns and townships in Onondaga County (20)
- Camillus
- Cicero
- Clay
- De Witt
- Elbridge
- Fabius
- Geddes
- LaFayette
- Lysander
- Manlius
- Marcellus
- Onondaga
- Otisco
- Pompey
- Salina
- Skaneateles
- Spafford
- Syracuse city
- Tully
- Van Buren
Other named communities in Onondaga County (159)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Amber
- Amboy
- Apulia
- Apulia Station
- Assembly Park
- Baileys Settlement
- Baird Corners
- Bangall
- Bay Shores
- Bayberry
- Belgium
- Bennetts Corners
- Berwyn
- Big Bend
- Borodino
- Borodino Landing
- Breezy Acres
- Bromley
- Brown Center
- Buellville
- Cardiff
- Cards Corners
- Casual Estates
- Cedarvale
- Cicero Center
- Clintonville
- Cold Springs
- Collamer
- Collingwood
- DeWitt
- Delphi Falls
- Eagle Village
- Eastwood
- Edgewater Park
- Edgewood Garden
- Elmcrest
- Euclid
- Fillmore Corner
- Forest Beach
- Franklin Park
- Gamble Mill
- Garden Terrace
- Griffins Corners
- Halfway
- Heath Grove
- High Bridge
- Hinsdale
- Hortontown
- Howlett Hill
- Indian Village
- Ionia
- Ironsides
- Jacks Reef
- Jacksonville
- Jamesville
- Jones Beach
- Jones Point
- Joshua
- Kellys Corners
- Kirkville
- Lakeside
- Lamson
- Lindbergh Lawns
- Little Utica
- Log City (historical)
- Long Branch
- Long Bridge
- Loomis Hill
- Lords Corners
- Lower South Bay
- Lyndon
- Lysander New Community
- Mandana
- Maple Grove
- Marcellus Falls
- Marietta
- Martisco
- Marysville
- Memphis
- Mottville
- Moyers Corners
- Mycenae
- Navarino
- Newport
- Nichols Corners
- North Belle Isle
- North Manlius
- Oak Orchard
- Onativia
- Onondaga Castle
- Onondaga Hill
- Oot Park
- Oran
- Orchard Village
- Oswego Bitter
- Otisco Valley
- Parc du Bois
- Parson Farms
- Peck Hill
- Peru
- Pine Grove
- Pitcher Hill
- Plainville
- Pleasant View
- Polkville
- Pompey Center
- Red Rock
- Rice Grove
- Rodger Corner
- Rose Hill
- Saintsville
- Salem Corner
- Sandy Bay
- Schepps Corners
- Sentinel Heights
- Shamrock
- Shepard Settlement
- Sherwood Knolls
- Skaneateles Falls
- Skaneateles Junction
- Skanondaga Heights
- Skytop
- Snyder Crossing
- South Onondaga
- South Spafford
- Southwood
- Spafford Landing
- Spafford Valley
- Split Rock
- Stanley Manor
- Stiles
- Sweets Crossing
- Swift Corner
- Tall Pines Village
- Taunton
- The Kingdom (historical)
- Thorn Hill
- Thornton Grove
- Thornton Heights
- Three Rivers
- Tully Center
- Tully Lake Park
- Valentines Beach
- Vesper
- Warners
- Watervale
- Wellington Corner
- West Genesee Terrace
- West Phoenix
- Westerlea
- Westview Manor
- Williams Grove
- Willow Glen
- Windcrest Park
- Winding Ways
- Woodard
- Woodland
- Wrights Corners
- Youngs