Maps, tools, and reporting about the city and Onondaga County: housing, libraries, snow, and public services.
Poverty & housing · Report published April 29, 2026
How has poverty in Syracuse changed since the original 2018 report? Explore housing costs, work, education, transportation, and comparisons with other cities.
The report includes source notes and caveats about COVID-era data. Data periods vary by measure.
Read the reportExplore recorded plow coverage on Syracuse residential streets.
Snow Map · External app; check the data timestamp in the map.
Explore Census data for the areas around Onondaga County library locations.
Library Census · External app; Census estimates describe a period, not a live count.
Search parcels and read matched city records, with Census tract context and links to sources.
Property Atlas · Partial coverage; records may be incomplete.
Describe a service problem and find an available Cityline request path.
Cityline Workaround · An independent guide to the city's reporting service.
Small discoveries, curious maps, and stories about Syracuse—one question at a time.
Geography ·
Give every resident the same weight, and Syracuse balances near Sarah Loguen and Harrison streets. Change whose population you count, and the middle moves.
Geography ·
Drop a pin where you think the middle of Syracuse is. Then open the answer to see how close you came.
Streets ·
Monticello South becomes Monticello North, then Springbrook. A ruler test separates Syracuse's straight stretches from roads that merely keep going.
These projects include prototypes and historical analyses. Read each project's methods and data dates before using its results.
I'm Sam Edelstein. I build these projects to explore questions about Syracuse and make local information easier to use.
DataCuse is independent. It is not an official City of Syracuse or Onondaga County website. My personal site has the story of my earlier work on the city's open-data program.
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