North Syracuse, NY: A Village on the Plank Road
The Village of North Syracuse lies in the northeastern interior of Onondaga County, seven miles north of the City of Syracuse on the road to Watertown and the North Country. It sits on the border between two towns: about 62 percent of its 2020 Census blocks are in the Town of Clay and about 38 percent in the Town of Cicero.
Homes in the village
The 2020-2024 American Community Survey counted about 6,700 residents. Owners hold about 2,000 homes and renters about 980, with margins near 210 and 204. Single detached houses are about 2,070 of some 3,070 housing units, and the median year built is 1959 (margin 2 years). By decade the survey counts about 970 homes from the 1950s, 515 from the 1960s and 500 from the 1970s, while its estimate for 2020 or later is zero, within a margin of 19.
Bedrooms and cars
Owner households most often live in three-bedroom homes, about 870, followed by four-bedroom homes at about 570. Renter households split between one-bedroom homes, about 445, and two-bedroom homes, about 443, with margins of 108 and 154, so neither size leads. About 230 renter households have no vehicle available (margin 67).
Getting to work
Village residents who commute averaged 19.0 minutes to work (margin 2.7). About 250 of some 3,660 workers worked at home, and the survey’s public transportation estimate is 7 workers, with a margin of 11. Centro’s route list on October 9, 2026 included SY 88, named North Syracuse – Cicero; a route name does not establish stops or frequency. The village lies partly in the Town of Clay, where the Governor’s office reported the groundbreaking of Micron’s first fab on January 16, 2026; a groundbreaking starts construction and is not an operating plant. If you are moving for Micron, read our guide to choosing where to live near the site.
New homes counted in the county’s plan
The village annex, which draws on county property data of 2024, lists no single-family units built from 2019 through 2023 and 12 multi-family units in 2022. Those are units recorded as built, not listings or sales.
The first plank road
The annex records that the first plank road in the United States opened in North Syracuse on July 18, 1846, mainly to carry salt, that the road was 16.5 miles long and had four tollgates, and that the settlement was renamed from Centerville to North Syracuse in 1880. The village was incorporated on November 30, 1925.
School district and ZIP code
The whole village lies in the North Syracuse Central School District. Census ZIP code tabulation area 13212 contains the whole village yet is mostly outside it, since the village makes up only about 18 percent of that area’s land; a 13212 address therefore does not place a home inside the village.
Homes near North Syracuse
Search homes for sale in the 13212 ZIP code. The 13212 results also take in homes in the neighboring towns of Clay and Cicero, so the search is wider than the village.
If you own a house in or near the village and would like help managing a rental, read how our property management service works.
Thinking of a move? See how to buy a home in North Syracuse, or how we help owners sell a home in the village.
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