Onondaga County vs Richmond County

A side-by-side comparison of Onondaga County and Richmond County: population, income, housing, and more.

Onondaga County and Richmond County are counties in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Richmond County has the higher population (492,734 vs 471,611 in Onondaga County). Richmond County has the higher median household income ($98,290 vs $74,740 in Onondaga County). Richmond County has the higher median home value ($658,500 vs $185,300 in Onondaga County).

Population, income & housing

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
Population	471,611	492,734
Median age	39.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,740	$98,290
Median home value	$185,300	$658,500
Median gross rent	$1,067	$1,689
Housing units	211,683	184,074
Homeownership rate	65.7%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	35.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
Population	462,872 → 471,611 (+1.9%)	474,893 → 492,734 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$61,359 → $74,740 (+21.8%)	$82,783 → $98,290 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$145,400 → $185,300 (+27.4%)	$504,800 → $658,500 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,067 (+22.4%)	$1,319 → $1,689 (+28.1%)

Onondaga County

Population

462,872471,611

Median household income

$61,359$74,740

Median home value

$145,400$185,300

Median gross rent

$872$1,067

Richmond County

Population

474,893492,734

Median household income

$82,783$98,290

Median home value

$504,800$658,500

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,689

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.6%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	10.1%
75 and over	7.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	56.6%
Black or African American	10.2%	9.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.2%
Asian	4.0%	12.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	19.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	24.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
Drove alone	72.9%	52.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	9.2%
Public transit	2.1%	24.3%
Walked	3.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.5%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
1-unit, detached	63.3%	34.5%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	25.6%
2 to 4 units	13.2%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	3.4%
20 or more units	9.0%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Onondaga County	Richmond County
Poverty rate	13.9%	10.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	20	43
Median year structure built	1963	1974