Best PlacesSyracuse, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Syracuse, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Syracuse ranks 236th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Syracuse
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Syracuse's strengths and weaknesses
Where Syracuse ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 96% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of cities
Where Syracuse ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 5% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 64 pleasant days a year, better than only 15% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 16% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Syracuse
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Syracuse home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $135,342; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Syracuse's effective rate of 0.51%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Syracuse
Syracuse runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Syracuse.
Who works in Syracuse, and how
Work in Syracuse centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Syracuse
Syracuse has more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Syracuse and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Syracuse, month by month
Syracuse sees roughly 64 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Syracuse
Salt Lake City International sits about 21 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.4 million passengers in 2025, with 154 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Syracuse
Schools across Syracuse average a B−, better than 47% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Syracuse Arts Academy - NorthA− · 55% proficient
- Sand Springs SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- West Point SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Point Jr HighB · 46% proficient
- Syracuse Jr HighB · 43% proficient
- Legacy Jr HighB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Layton HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Syracuse HighC+ · 35% proficient
- Clearfield HighC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Syracuse school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Syracuse measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Syracuse against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Syracuse suits
Families
Schools land around the 47th percentile and crime safety beats 100%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Syracuse
Is Syracuse a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Syracuse ranks 236th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, heat safety, and low crime, and lowest on tree cover and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Syracuse expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $567,522. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $135,342 median income, cost of living beats 91% of cities.
Is Syracuse safe?
Yes, Syracuse is safer than 100% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Syracuse?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 22. That works out to about 64 pleasant days a year, more than 15% of cities.
Is Syracuse good for families?
Schools beat 47% of cities, crime safety beats 100%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Syracuse with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Syracuse. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Syracuse represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Syracuse detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Syracuse: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Syracuse: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Syracuse: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Syracuse: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Syracuse detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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