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Onondaga County

New York · Syracuse, NY metro area · 466,584 residents (2025 est.)

FHFA annual index 1975–2025Developmental county indexPermits through August 2026
FHFA house price index for Onondaga County, 1975 to 2025, with the national index rebased to the same start and NBER recessions shadedRecession 1973–75Recession 1980Recession 1981–82Recession 1990–91Recession 2001Recession 2007–09Recession 202005001,0001,50019801990200020102020United States2025: 779
Onondaga County (100 = first year)United States, rebased to the same startNBER recession

FHFA notes: The FHFA HPI is a broad measure of the movement of single-family house prices. The FHFA HPI is a weighted, repeat-sales index, meaning that it measures average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings on the same properties. FHFA describes its county indexes as developmental and subject to revision. The index does not give a dollar value for any home.

FHFA's index for Onondaga County, New York, starts in 1975 and stood at 779 in 2025, +679.1% above its base of 100.

Over the ten years to 2025 the index rose +101.5% (+7.3% a year), well above New York at +85.6% and well above the national +85.0%. The Syracuse, NY area rose +99.6%. The latest one-year change is +7.5%.

The strongest decade was the 1980s (+89.9%); the weakest the 1990s (+0.8%).

Builders were authorised for 2,365 housing units in the county in the 12 months to August 2026 (+320.8% on the previous 12 months), 5.1 units per 1,000 residents; 15% were single-family houses. Since 1995 the county has authorised 27,423 units, most in 2025.

+7.5%1 year, 2024–2025New York +6.0%
+67.3%5 yearsUS +47.0%
+101.5%10 years+7.3% a year annualised
+187.4%since 2000US +158.3%
2,365units permitted, 12 months5.1 per 1,000 residents

Same span, four levels

Change in the FHFA indexOnondaga CountySyracuse areaNew YorkUnited States
1 year (2024–2025)+7.5%+7.3%+6.0%+2.8%
5 years (2020–2025)+67.3%+66.7%+51.9%+47.0%
10 years (2015–2025)+101.5%+99.6%+85.6%+85.0%
20 years (2005–2025)+116.0%+115.0%+78.4%+79.1%
Since 2000+187.4%+183.9%+189.3%+158.3%
Since 1975+679.1%+671.8%+1175.0%+960.7%
10-year annualised+7.3%+7.2%+6.4%+6.3%
20-year annualised+3.9%+3.9%+2.9%+3.0%

All columns are FHFA annual all-transactions indexes over the same years.

Decade by decade

DecadeChangeUnited States
1980s (1980–1990)+89.9%+68.2%
1990s (1990–2000)+0.8%+33.9%
2000s (2000–2010)+42.0%+29.7%
2010s (2010–2020)+21.0%+35.5%
2020s so far (2020–2025)+67.3%+47.0%

FHFA reports each index with a value of 100 in its base period, the first year the area has enough transactions (1975 here). A decade's change is the index at the end of the decade divided by the index at the start, so it does not depend on the base year; the United States column covers the same years. Decades before 1975 are not shown.

Peak-to-low declines

PeakLowDeclinePeak regained
19931997−7.8%2001

Building permits

Housing units authorised by building permits in Onondaga County, by month over the latest five years and by year since 1995.

Housing units authorised in Onondaga County by month, latest 12 months05001,0001,500Sep 2025: 321 units (23 single-family, 298 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 54 units (27 single-family, 27 in multi-unit buildings)Oct 2025Nov 2025: 38 units (33 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025Dec 2025: 1,237 units (83 single-family, 1,154 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025Jan 2026: 69 units (64 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2026Feb 2026: 11 units (6 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026Mar 2026: 41 units (16 single-family, 25 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026Apr 2026: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2026May 2026: 125 units (12 single-family, 113 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026Jun 2026: 176 units (27 single-family, 149 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026Jul 2026: 156 units (21 single-family, 135 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2026Aug 2026: 112 units (17 single-family, 95 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026

Housing units authorised in Onondaga County by month, latest 12 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Housing units authorised in Onondaga County by month, latest 60 months05001,0001,500Sep 2021: 0 units (0 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2021Oct 2021: 0 units (0 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2021: 0 units (0 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2021: 0 units (0 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2022: 11 units (11 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2022: 21 units (21 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2022: 30 units (30 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2022: 25 units (20 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)May 2022: 27 units (22 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2022: 27 units (22 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2022: 22 units (17 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2022: 21 units (16 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2022: 18 units (18 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2022Oct 2022: 19 units (19 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2022: 24 units (19 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2022: 19 units (14 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2023: 28 units (28 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2023: 10 units (10 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2023: 21 units (14 single-family, 7 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2023: 23 units (23 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2023: 37 units (27 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2023: 37 units (32 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2023: 30 units (20 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2023: 34 units (24 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2023: 19 units (19 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2023Oct 2023: 28 units (23 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2023: 22 units (22 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2023: 22 units (22 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2024: 80 units (23 single-family, 57 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2024: 23 units (17 single-family, 6 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2024: 31 units (26 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2024: 42 units (32 single-family, 10 in multi-unit buildings)May 2024: 46 units (46 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2024: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2024: 23 units (23 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2024: 26 units (26 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024: 32 units (32 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2024Oct 2024: 19 units (19 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2024: 229 units (19 single-family, 210 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2024: 26 units (26 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2025: 20 units (8 single-family, 12 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2025: 37 units (29 single-family, 8 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2025: 47 units (30 single-family, 17 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2025: 40 units (35 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)May 2025: 26 units (21 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2025: 30 units (25 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2025: 27 units (22 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2025: 29 units (29 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025: 321 units (23 single-family, 298 in multi-unit buildings)Sep 2025Oct 2025: 54 units (27 single-family, 27 in multi-unit buildings)Nov 2025: 38 units (33 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Dec 2025: 1,237 units (83 single-family, 1,154 in multi-unit buildings)Jan 2026: 69 units (64 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Feb 2026: 11 units (6 single-family, 5 in multi-unit buildings)Mar 2026: 41 units (16 single-family, 25 in multi-unit buildings)Apr 2026: 25 units (25 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)May 2026: 125 units (12 single-family, 113 in multi-unit buildings)Jun 2026: 176 units (27 single-family, 149 in multi-unit buildings)Jul 2026: 156 units (21 single-family, 135 in multi-unit buildings)Aug 2026: 112 units (17 single-family, 95 in multi-unit buildings)

Housing units authorised in Onondaga County by month, latest 60 monthssingle-family2+ unit buildings

Housing units authorised in Onondaga County by year, 1995–202501,0002,0001995: 652 units (652 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)19951996: 708 units (708 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)1997: 643 units (643 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)1998: 786 units (786 single-family, 0 in multi-unit buildings)1999: 952 units (920 single-family, 32 in multi-unit buildings)2000: 1,223 units (932 single-family, 291 in multi-unit buildings)20002001: 1,167 units (934 single-family, 233 in multi-unit buildings)2002: 1,380 units (1,104 single-family, 276 in multi-unit buildings)2003: 1,243 units (1,099 single-family, 144 in multi-unit buildings)2004: 1,157 units (1,007 single-family, 150 in multi-unit buildings)2005: 1,200 units (1,038 single-family, 162 in multi-unit buildings)20052006: 1,230 units (947 single-family, 283 in multi-unit buildings)2007: 1,012 units (836 single-family, 176 in multi-unit buildings)2008: 791 units (608 single-family, 183 in multi-unit buildings)2009: 702 units (529 single-family, 173 in multi-unit buildings)2010: 845 units (541 single-family, 304 in multi-unit buildings)20102011: 940 units (475 single-family, 465 in multi-unit buildings)2012: 1,243 units (519 single-family, 724 in multi-unit buildings)2013: 799 units (463 single-family, 336 in multi-unit buildings)2014: 956 units (451 single-family, 505 in multi-unit buildings)2015: 925 units (392 single-family, 533 in multi-unit buildings)20152016: 1,130 units (402 single-family, 728 in multi-unit buildings)2017: 943 units (373 single-family, 570 in multi-unit buildings)2018: 519 units (353 single-family, 166 in multi-unit buildings)2019: 487 units (323 single-family, 164 in multi-unit buildings)2020: 352 units (314 single-family, 38 in multi-unit buildings)20202021: 459 units (303 single-family, 156 in multi-unit buildings)2022: 299 units (255 single-family, 44 in multi-unit buildings)2023: 346 units (277 single-family, 69 in multi-unit buildings)2024: 633 units (323 single-family, 310 in multi-unit buildings)2025: 1,701 units (364 single-family, 1,337 in multi-unit buildings)2025

Housing units authorised in Onondaga County by year, 1995–2025single-family2+ unit buildings

Permits, 12 months to August 2026Onondaga CountyNew YorkUnited States
Housing units authorised2,36548,5871,418,086
Units per 1,000 residents5.12.44.1
Single-family share15%21%63%
Change on previous 12 months+320.8%+38.8%−0.1%
Units authorised since 199527,4231,290,62043,082,761

Population is the Census Bureau's vintage 2025 estimate. Permits authorise construction; they are not completions.

ZIP codes in Onondaga County

Ranked by ten-year change in the FHFA ZIP index. Where a ZIP's index ends before 2025, its spans end in that year.

ZIP1 year10 yearsSince 2000Index throughYears
13164—+145.5%—202519
13205+16.6%+144.5%+188.5%202540
13203+25.7%+117.6%+174.7%202540
13152−1.3%+115.8%+239.2%202540
13029+9.4%+115.3%+219.7%202540
13210+12.9%+115.1%+247.6%202541
13211+1.2%+114.6%+193.1%202535
13207+12.5%+112.7%+196.1%202543
13204+4.4%+112.0%+206.3%202535
13090+5.1%+110.2%+208.2%202551
13080+29.6%+107.9%+201.6%202534
13212+10.6%+107.3%+213.1%202548
13206+3.7%+106.8%+183.8%202542
13041+2.7%+103.6%+217.5%202550
13214+8.8%+103.2%+197.7%202542
13057+8.3%+102.7%+187.1%202541
13084+18.6%+102.3%+182.6%202439
13066+8.4%+101.4%+181.0%202546
13027+9.9%+101.3%+188.0%202551
13031+12.6%+100.9%+187.6%202543
13088+3.3%+100.2%+189.5%202548
13209+3.7%+100.1%+193.6%202541
13039+10.1%+99.6%+181.3%202547
13219+10.9%+99.5%+184.3%202543
13063—+99.2%+160.1%202531
13208+3.5%+99.0%+164.1%202541
13110—+98.2%+206.1%202431
13116−7.7%+97.8%+218.7%202540
13224−2.3%+95.1%+186.2%202541
13108+9.6%+94.6%+196.7%202540
13159+6.9%+90.4%+170.4%202535
13215+0.1%+87.2%+155.4%202541
13104+7.2%+84.6%+148.8%202546
13078+4.0%+82.4%+160.9%202540
13112+21.3%+69.2%+138.3%202231
13060—+49.5%+110.7%202430

Cities and permit-issuing places in Onondaga County

Housing units authorised in the 12 months to August 2026; places with at least 12 units in the year, or in the year before.

PlaceUnits, 12 monthsPer 1,000 residentsSingle-family
Syracuse1,83412.70%
Clay town117—39%
Van Buren town112—38%
Onondaga town80—100%
Lysander town55—100%
North Syracuse village385.60%
Camillus town20—100%
Cicero town17—100%
Manlius town17—100%
Salina town12—83%
Solvay village10.2100%

Questions and answers

How much have home values in Onondaga County risen over 10 years?

The FHFA index for Onondaga County rose +101.5% from 2015 to 2025, about +7.3% a year. Over 20 years: +116.0%; since 2000: +187.4%.

How does Onondaga County compare with New York and the United States?

Over the ten years to 2025: Onondaga County +101.5%, New York +85.6%, United States +85.0%, Syracuse, NY +99.6%.

What happened to Onondaga County prices in 2008?

The county index shows no decline of 5% or more from a 2005–2008 peak. The New York index fell −15.1% over 2007–2012.

How many homes are being built in Onondaga County?

2,365 housing units were authorised by building permits in the 12 months to August 2026 (354 single-family, 1,981 in buildings of five or more units), or 5.1 per 1,000 residents against 2.4 for New York.

Where does this data come from?

The index is FHFA's annual county house price index (all-transactions, developmental), last updated March 31, 2026, with values through 2025. Permits are from the Census Bureau Building Permits Survey through August 2026; population is the Census Bureau's vintage 2025 estimate.

Provenance

Index: Federal Housing Finance Agency, annual house price index for counties (all-transactions, developmental), last updated March 31, 2026, values 1975–2025; metro, state and national comparisons from FHFA's annual indexes in the same release. Permits: Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, county and place files, through August 2026. Population: Census Bureau vintage 2025 estimates. ZIP assignment: 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file. Public domain throughout. Corrections · FHFA HPI datasets · Building Permits Survey.