Rank

3136of 3,144

Onondaga, New York

Score 3.60 / 10· population 467,873

Onondaga County sits in west central New York around Syracuse, its county seat, with level lake plain to the north and the hills of the Appalachian Plateau to the south. From 2017 to 2023 it averaged 6.0 homicide deaths a year per 100,000 residents, against 3.7 statewide. In 2024 the median property tax bill, $5,001, came to about 2.1 percent of the median home value; across the US that ratio was 0.9 percent.

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  • Onondaga County is in the west central portion of New York State, and the City of Syracuse is the county seat. ny.gov
  • The northern part of Onondaga County is fairly level lake plain extending toward Lake Ontario; the southern part is Appalachian Plateau, with high hills rising at the southern edge of Syracuse. ny.gov
  • County Health Rankings supplemental release (March 2026): Onondaga County had 197 homicide deaths, a rate of 6.05 per 100,000 population, against 3.68 per 100,000 for New York State. countyhealthrankings.org
  • The County Health Rankings homicides measure is deaths due to homicide per 100,000 population; the updated data released November 4, 2025 cover 2017-2023. countyhealthrankings.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year: in Onondaga County the median real estate taxes paid were $5,001 and the median owner-occupied home value was $236,300 (5,001 / 236,300 = 2.1%). api.censusreporter.org
  • ACS 2024 1-year: in the United States the median real estate taxes paid were $3,211 and the median owner-occupied home value was $360,600 (3,211 / 360,600 = 0.9%). api.censusreporter.org

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Eleven factors

Government behavior

  1. Fraser Institute state ranking (state)4.4
  2. 2A (state)0.0
  3. GOP + LP vote for President4.1
  4. Sales tax2.7
  5. Property tax0.0

Environment

  1. Air quality6.3
  2. Floods / hurricanes0.5

Private behavior

  1. Homicide rate6.9
  2. Life expectancy8.0
  3. Government employees3.4
  4. Single-parent households2.6

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