SYRACUSE is now under coverage.
Local dating, modeled. Every signal in Syracuse, converted into a tactical roadmap.
Greater Syracuse is open as a field office. The headline numbers, each sourced and confidence-flagged:
- $1,350 per month Zumper Rent Research, June 2026
- $40,604 per year Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
- 52% Census ACS 5-yr, 2019–2023
By the numbers
11 sourced, confidence-flagged metrics for Syracuse — gender, money, neighborhoods, and political lean. The deep dive, with charts, is in the console below.
- Singles, 22 to 50
121,731
- Gender balance
52%
- Male skew
52%
- Median income
$40,604
- 1-bedroom rent
$1,350
- Living wage
$47,549
- Transit fare
$1
- Rent trend
$1,350
- Most female-leaning zone
44%
- Democratic
37%
- Blank
30%
The shape of the market
Baldwinsville is the most female-leaning zone, at about 44% men to 56% women.
Syracuse runs about 52% male, sharpest in Eastwood (56%) and North Side (53%).
How dating actually happens
Only about 14% of matches on curated apps like Hinge turn into a first date.
Roughly 1 in 10 partnered adults met their partner online, and the share climbs sharply for younger and LGB couples.
One in four matches never gets a reply.
53% of online daters say their overall experience has been positive.
Dating safety in Syracuse
78% of active dating-app users report burnout: 80% of women (driven by message volume) and 74% of men (driven by a lack of responses).
60% of Americans support requiring a background check before someone can create a dating profile.
An estimated 26% of men have received unsolicited explicit content, far below the rate for women.
56% of women under 50 have been sent unsolicited explicit images while dating online.
48% of online daters have faced at least one form of harassing behavior on a dating platform.
43% of women under 50 say a match kept contacting them after they said no.
52% of online daters say a scammer or bot has contacted them.
63% of men under 50 say a scammer or bot has contacted them, the highest of any group.
11% of women under 50 have been physically threatened on a dating platform.
40% of daters say platforms do a bad job removing fake and bot accounts; only 20% say they do well.
The LGBTQ+ landscape
53% of LGB adults have used a dating app, far more than straight adults.
About 24% of LGB couples met online, roughly three times the straight rate.
About 70% of LGB adults under 30 have used a dating app, the highest-adoption cohort anywhere.
7.6% of U.S. adults now identify as LGBTQ+, up from 3.5% in 2012.
22.3% of adults aged 18 to 34 identify as LGBTQ+.
Political alignment
24% of Americans say they could never date someone who disagrees with them on abortion.
Nearly a third of Onondaga voters enroll “Blank,” New York’s no-party category, outnumbering Republicans, so a large share of the dating pool is unaffiliated.
New York registers voters by party, and Onondaga County (Syracuse) is Democratic-plurality at about 37% to 26% Republican.
47% of single daters would not seriously date a Trump voter; among Democratic women that rises to 79%.
69% of Americans would not date someone who is unemployed, rising to 81% of women.
The cost of dating
A single adult in Onondaga County needs about $47,500 a year just to cover the basics.
Syracuse’s one-bedroom rents have held roughly flat to slightly down year over year, cheap by Northeast standards.
Americans reported $1.3 billion in romance-scam losses in a single year, a tax on every crowded market.
A Centro bus fare in Syracuse is just $1.00 one way, among the cheapest transit in the Northeast.
Neighborhood intelligence
| Neighborhood | Singles | M / F | Income | 1BR rent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Hill | 8,706 | 49 / 51 | $21,981 | $1,123 |
| Westside | 5,954 | 47 / 53 | $31,047 | $1,083 |
| Liverpool | 4,867 | 51 / 49 | $44,812 | $1,157 |
| North Side | 4,688 | 53 / 47 | $32,004 | $1,037 |
| Baldwinsville | 4,687 | 44 / 56 | $51,016 | $1,252 |
| Eastwood | 4,352 | 56 / 44 | $39,781 | $972 |
| Downtown | 2,964 | 49 / 51 | $24,942 | $931 |
| Camillus | 2,222 | 48 / 52 | $44,930 | $1,094 |
| Cicero | 1,991 | 52 / 48 | $53,887 | $1,118 |
| DeWitt | 1,672 | 47 / 53 | $37,181 | $1,141 |
Local date spots
Real venues across Syracuse, scraped from Google Maps and filterable by neighborhood. Ratings and review counts are live Google data — never paid placement.
- Downtown
Dinosaur Bar-B-Que
- North Side
Stella's Diner
- DeWitt
Texas Roadhouse
- Downtown
Pastabilities
- Cicero
CopperTop Tavern North Syracuse
- DeWitt
Bull & Bear Roadhouse and Catering
- Cicero
Tully's Good Times Cicero
- DeWitt
Delmonico's Syracuse
- Liverpool
LongHorn Steakhouse
- Camillus
CopperTop Tavern Camillus
- Liverpool
The Retreat
- Cicero
Zaman Coffee House
- North Side
Francesca's Cucina
- University Hill
Strong Hearts
- Eastwood
Brooklyn Pickle East
- University Hill
Blarney Stone
- University Hill
Over the Cuse Deli and Grill
- Liverpool
Santangelo's Restaurant
- Camillus
Second Chance Diner
- Westside
Eva's European Sweets
- Baldwinsville
Angry Garlic
- Cicero
Sake Bomb
- University Hill
Recess Coffee Westcott
- North Side
The Hops Spot
- DeWitt
TOUS les JOURS Bakery Café - Syracuse
- Downtown
The Preserve at 405
- Downtown
Al's Wine & Whiskey Lounge
- Camillus
Mitsuba
- University Hill
Oh My Darling
- Camillus
The Wildcat