Jamesville, New York.
. Syracuse, NY metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,478 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- New York$2,755
- United States$1,922
Living in Jamesville, Onondaga County, New York
The Census does not count Jamesville on its own, so the figures here are Onondaga County's. Half the county's households earn more than $76,945 a year and half less; 14% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 66% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Onondaga County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Onondaga County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Jamesville sits in Onondaga County in central New York, and the county's figures show a community where most homes are lived in by their owners. Across the county, the typical resident is in middle age, and household incomes are fairly comfortable for many families, though a meaningful share of people live below the poverty line. Winters are colder than in most of the country, with heavy snowfall, and summers are warm and fairly wet.
Work. Across Onondaga County, many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, professional and business services, retail, and manufacturing. Unemployment has edged up over the past year, and the number of jobs has grown slightly in recent times. A commute is usually short by big-city standards, and a sizable share of adults hold a four-year degree, while fewer people work from home.
Things to do. Oneida Lake is one of the better-known lakes in the area, a longer drive away, and makes a good day trip for anyone who enjoys water. The JMA Wireless Dome, a stadium, is a short drive away and hosts events through much of the year. The Everson Museum of Art, also a short drive away, offers a quiet place to spend an afternoon looking at American and contemporary works.
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- 197,760households
- 39.6median age
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 14%below the poverty line
- 20 mintypical commute
- 13%work from home
What people in Onondaga County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Onondaga County had 250,251 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 62°. About 128 inches of snow and 40 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport weather station, 10 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Onondaga County
- University Hospital at SyracuseGeneral hospital5,937FTE
- Syracuse UniversityUniversity or college5,913
- AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage4,252
- Syracuse City School DistrictSchool district3,988FTE
- St. Josephs Hospital Health CenterGeneral hospital2,546FTE
- Lockheed Martin Corporation US NY Syracuse Electroncs Pkwy (1021)Aeronautical systems and instruments manufacturing2,478
- Crouse HospitalGeneral hospital2,233FTE
- Upstate Medical UniversityUniversity or college1,766
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 523 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 70,333 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Strong windVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Ice stormsVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Onondaga County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Onondaga County and the Syracuse, NY metro.
Jamesville home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 9 Jamesville listings — the market is roughly in balance.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Jamesville11.61%
- United States25.56%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Jamesville19
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Jamesville9
Zip codes with a Jamesville address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Jamesville — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.