Village · Onondaga County, New York

Manlius, New York

Manlius is a village in Onondaga County, New York, part of the Syracuse, NY metro area. It has 4,644 residents. Manlius, New York has a quality-of-life score of 75 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,988 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within New York it ranks #441 of 859 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an airport (low), public EV charging ports (high) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), comfortable days (low) and time spent in the emergency room (high).

75High

Quality-of-life score: #3,988 of 15,651 cities and towns
New York: #441 of 859 in NY
Population: 4,644 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 2,550.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 3645018

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety48#8,073/15,637
Economy59#6,417/15,631
Housing13#12,956/14,977
Health81#2,933/15,609
Healthcare77#3,561/15,650
Environment88#1,826/15,453
Education76#3,814/15,649
Infrastructure55#6,973/15,650
Community78#3,474/15,651
Leisure & amenities65#5,452/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Manlius, New York ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Onondaga County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an airport · low7 mi
99/100New York 15 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOnondaga County value
Public EV charging ports · high24.1 /10k
98/100New York 10.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyOnondaga County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low1.1%
96/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty
Poor or fair health · low10.8%
96/100New York 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
94/100New York 13 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauOnondaga County value
Adult smoking · low8.2%
93/100New York 14.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.90%
0/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Comfortable days · low21.9%
3/100New York 22.7%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationOnondaga County value
Time spent in the emergency room · high247 min
4/100New York 202 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOnondaga County value
Child care cost burden · high40.6%
7/100New York 37.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOnondaga County value
New business applications · low8.9 /1k
14/100New York 15.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauOnondaga County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.467
14/100New York 0.517United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

New homes permittedImproving
0.2 /1k (2021) → 1.1 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+405%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
47.4% (2015-2019) → 58.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
79.9% (2015-2019) → 87.7% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
28.7% (2015-2019) → 32.2% (2020-2024)
+3.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Median household incomeImproving
$60,333 (2015-2019) → $69,942 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 2.9% (2020-2024)
+2.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Manlius, New York improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+7.8 points79.9% → 87.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Manlius, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.2 min2015-2019	21.3 min2020-2024	−1.9 min	Within the margin of error	69%
Bachelor's degree or higher	51.9%2015-2019	54.4%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	79.9%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Improved	48%
Effective property tax rate	3.59%2015-2019	2.90%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	96%
High school diploma or higher	96.1%2015-2019	93.8%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	55%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4922015-2019	0.4672020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$60,3332015-2019	$69,9422020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	7.3%2015-2019	8.4%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Rent as share of income	28.7%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Rent-burdened households	47.4%2015-2019	58.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	21%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Manlius, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Manlius, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Manlius, New York itself moved −6.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

4,644 residents (±22)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

2,070 households (±171)

Manlius, New York
New York share

Under $25k17%†347
$25k–50k19%†387
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

2,070 households (±171)

Manlius, New York
New York share

Own59%1,230
Rent41%840

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,180 workers (±221)

Manlius, New York
New York share

Drive alone74%1,605
Carpool8.3%†180
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Syracuse, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Onondaga County, the county holding most of Manlius's residents.

Onondaga County has 11,166 employer establishments, 238 for every 10,000 residents (0.96× the US rate of 248; 0.87× New York's), with 223,537 paid employees at an average annual pay of $59,196. The Census Bureau also counts 34,479 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 11,166; 34,479 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 238; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 223,537
Average annual pay: $59,196; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Onondaga County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	859	18.3	1.00×About typical	15,111	$23,023	137
Ambulatory health care services	818	17.5	0.84×About typical	14,236	$68,341	1,771
Specialty trade contractors	650	13.9	0.90×About typical	6,344	$76,381	1,590
Lessors of real estate	421	9	0.73×Fewer than typical	2,218	$61,020	3,763
Construction of buildings	381	8.1	1.08×About typical	2,472	$74,352	705
Limited-service restaurants	361	7.7	0.96×About typical	6,315	$19,805	83
Services to buildings and dwellings	345	7.4	1.09×About typical	2,994	$35,583	1,280
Full-service restaurants	317	6.8	0.88×About typical	6,601	$26,602	45
Legal services	276	5.9	1.10×About typical	1,916	$76,252	430
Offices of physicians	275	5.9	0.91×About typical	5,112	$95,104	390
Personal care services	268	5.7	1.20×About typical	998	$27,323	1,704
Religious organizations	255	5.4	0.98×About typical	2,319	$25,567	—

Rank places for an industry Open Onondaga County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 468,524 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$1,774 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Manlius, New York: -$0.38 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$1,774; −405% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$0.38; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

ACOME CONSTRUCTION INC.-$3290.0%
AUBERTINE & CURRIER ARCHITECTS ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS PLLC-$1,4450.0%

Spending by fiscal year

444.5FY2017
1.5KFY2018
38.2KFY2019
12.9KFY2020
59.4KFY2021
29.8KFY2022
33.8KFY2023
5KFY2024

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Manlius, New York, so they do not add up across cities.

Manlius, New York's figures are part of those of Onondaga County, NY ($768.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Manlius is mostly in Onondaga County.

See federal money in Onondaga County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Manlius, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

John W. MannionD-NY-22 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 0.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Onondaga County85100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Syracuse, NY85

Other cities and towns in Onondaga County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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