Syracuse vs Warsaw

A side-by-side comparison of Syracuse and Warsaw: population, income, housing, and more.

Syracuse and Warsaw are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Warsaw has the higher population (16,592 vs 3,232 in Syracuse). Syracuse has the higher median household income ($63,894 vs $57,170 in Warsaw). Warsaw has the higher median home value ($175,300 vs $173,800 in Syracuse).

Population, income & housing

	Syracuse	Warsaw
Population	3,232	16,592
Median age	45.2 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,894	$57,170
Median home value	$173,800	$175,300
Median gross rent	$1,046	$1,035
Housing units	1,903	7,538
Homeownership rate	69.5%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	33.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Syracuse	Warsaw
Population	2,881 → 3,232 (+12.2%)	15,458 → 16,592 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$50,335 → $63,894 (+26.9%)	$55,982 → $57,170 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$127,400 → $173,800 (+36.4%)	$135,200 → $175,300 (+29.7%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $1,046 (+26.9%)	$827 → $1,035 (+25.2%)

Syracuse

Population

2,8813,232

Median household income

$50,335$63,894

Median home value

$127,400$173,800

Median gross rent

$824$1,046

Warsaw

Population

15,45816,592

Median household income

$55,982$57,170

Median home value

$135,200$175,300

Median gross rent

$827$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Syracuse	Warsaw
Under 5	3.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.0%	16.9%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	20.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.0%
75 and over	6.7%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Syracuse	Warsaw
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	15.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Syracuse	Warsaw
No high school diploma	12.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.1%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Syracuse	Warsaw
Drove alone	70.9%	74.2%
Carpooled	20.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	3.3%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Syracuse	Warsaw
1-unit, detached	70.2%	52.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	13.4%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	14.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Syracuse	Warsaw
Poverty rate	5.4%	17.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1964	1981