Fairmount vs Syracuse

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

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

Syracuse has the higher population (146,211 vs 9,998 in Fairmount). Fairmount has the higher median household income ($82,968 vs $45,845 in Syracuse). Fairmount has the higher median home value ($173,400 vs $125,100 in Syracuse).

Population, income & housing

	Fairmount	Syracuse
Population	9,998	146,211
Median age	40.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,968	$45,845
Median home value	$173,400	$125,100
Median gross rent	$1,226	$998
Housing units	4,491	68,155
Homeownership rate	80.2%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairmount	Syracuse
Population	10,092 → 9,998 (-0.9%)	142,874 → 146,211 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$69,875 → $82,968 (+18.7%)	$38,276 → $45,845 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $173,400 (+33.0%)	$94,400 → $125,100 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,062 → $1,226 (+15.4%)	$814 → $998 (+22.6%)

Fairmount

Population

10,0929,998

Median household income

$69,875$82,968

Median home value

$130,400$173,400

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,226

Syracuse

Population

142,874146,211

Median household income

$38,276$45,845

Median home value

$94,400$125,100

Median gross rent

$814$998

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairmount	Syracuse
Under 5	8.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	17.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	8.1%	8.7%
75 and over	10.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairmount	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	88.6%	49.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	25.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	1.9%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairmount	Syracuse
No high school diploma	5.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	22.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairmount	Syracuse
Drove alone	79.9%	59.5%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.4%
Public transit	1.3%	6.5%
Walked	0.6%	9.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	9.5%	10.5%
Other means	1.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairmount	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	82.9%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	27.9%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	10.2%
20 or more units	3.8%	17.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairmount	Syracuse
Poverty rate	7.3%	29.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1961	1947