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Solvay, New York.

A village in Onondaga County. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Onondaga County’s.

Living in Solvay, Onondaga County, New York

Solvay is a village of 6,645 people in Onondaga County. Half its households earn more than $61,166 a year and half less, against $76,945 across Onondaga County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% 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 residents work in schools and health care, then shops.

People 6,645 in the 2020 census; median age 38.9
Household income $61,166 the median, give or take $6,532 · Onondaga County: $76,945
Unemployment 4.1% Onondaga County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes 51% lived in by their owners; 49% rented
  • 3,021households
  • 24%of adults have a degree
  • 7%below the poverty line
  • 19 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care29%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Other services10%
  • Manufacturing9%
  • Professional and business services8%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 16°; warmest in July, 82° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 16° F M A M J J 82° 62° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 16°; warmest in July, 82° and 62° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 16° F M A M J J 82° 62° A S O N D

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, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Solvay

  1. WestRock CPPaperboard mills267
  2. SolvayMail and parcel delivery59
  3. Gear MotionsMotors, gear, manufacturing38
  4. Integrated Construction & Power Systems24
  5. China Towne Furniture & MattressFurniture stores22

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 5 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 410 people in all. 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

  1. Winter weatherRelatively high
  2. Ice stormsRelatively moderate
  3. Strong windRelatively moderate
  4. LightningRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Solvay’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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.