Compare Syracuse, NY vs New York State (NY) vs United States

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Metric	Syracuse, NY City	New York State (NY) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	146,384	19,852,366	334,922,499
Rent	$1,039	$1,621	$1,413
Year built	1948	1959	1980
Household income	$47,819	$85,974	$80,734
Per capita income	$28,393	$50,712	$44,673
Poverty rate	28.8%	14.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%	4.0%
Household size	2.1	2.5	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	51.8%	49.2%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	146,384	19,852,366	334,922,499
Adults over 25	90,369	14,017,184	230,807,303
Total households	59,816	7,722,646	129,227,496
Household size	2.1	2.5	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$47,819	$85,974	$80,734
Per capita income	$28,393	$50,712	$44,673
Poverty rate	28.8%	14.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	4.3%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	51.8%	49.2%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,039	$1,621	$1,413
Year built	1948	1959	1980
Households that rent	58.4%	45.7%	34.8%
Households that own	41.6%	54.3%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.3	5.0	5.5
Race
White	50.8%	55.2%	61%
Black	27.3%	14.4%	12.2%
Asian	7.3%	9.1%	6%
Two or more races	10.4%	10.3%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	19.8%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	89.8%	80.2%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	88%	85.1%	84.9%
Commute time to work	18.0 min	33.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	12%	14.9%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	29.6%	24.6%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	26.4%	24.3%	26%
Some college or associate degree	12.7%	10.9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	31.2%	40.2%	35.7%