Pomeroy vs Syracuse

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

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

Pomeroy has the higher population (1,732 vs 623 in Syracuse). Syracuse has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $35,492 in Pomeroy). Syracuse has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $66,500 in Pomeroy).

Population, income & housing

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
Population	1,732	623
Median age	36.8 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,492	$51,250
Median home value	$66,500	$109,600
Median gross rent	$499	$830
Housing units	927	368
Homeownership rate	57.8%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
Population	1,990 → 1,732 (-13.0%)	882 → 623 (-29.4%)
Median household income	$32,857 → $35,492 (+8.0%)	$64,397 → $51,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$62,400 → $66,500 (+6.6%)	$103,600 → $109,600 (+5.8%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $499 (-2.9%)	$583 → $830 (+42.4%)

Pomeroy

Population

1,9901,732

Median household income

$32,857$35,492

Median home value

$62,400$66,500

Median gross rent

$514$499

Syracuse

Population

882623

Median household income

$64,397$51,250

Median home value

$103,600$109,600

Median gross rent

$583$830

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
Under 5	10.5%	9.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	19.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	18.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.7%	13.8%
75 and over	4.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	97.6%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
No high school diploma	17.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	44.2%	60.9%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
Drove alone	90.0%	89.5%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
1-unit, detached	68.0%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	26.4%

Poverty & households

	Pomeroy	Syracuse
Poverty rate	38.5%	17.7%
Average household size	2.37	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1941	1978