Seneca Knolls, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,001
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
50
0.596% 1-year decrease
2024 Poverty Rate
13.1%
42.4% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$59,750
8.71% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$146,000
17.8% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
926
13.4% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Seneca Knolls, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

100% of the residents in Seneca Knolls, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Seneca Knolls, NY was $146,000, and the homeownership rate was 89.3%.

Most people in Seneca Knolls, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 30.5 minutes. The average car ownership in Seneca Knolls, NY was 2 cars per household.

United StatesNew YorkOnondaga County, NYSyracuse, NYOnondaga County (North) PUMA, NYOnondaga County (Central)--Syracuse City (Outer) PUMA, NY

Population & Diversity

Seneca Knolls, NY is home to a population of 2k people, from which 100% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.2% of Seneca Knolls, NY residents were born outside of the country (64 people).

In 2024, there were 30.9 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.82k people) in Seneca Knolls, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 59 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) and 47 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

100%
2024 Citizenship
100%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 100% of Seneca Knolls, NY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Seneca Knolls, NY was 100%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Seneca Knolls, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.82k ± 432
  2. Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic)
    59 ± 94
  3. Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Hispanic)
    47 ± 68
3.35%
Hispanic Population
67 people

In 2024, there were 30.9 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.82k people) in Seneca Knolls, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 59 Two Races Including Other (Non-Hispanic) and 47 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

3.35% of the people in Seneca Knolls, NY are hispanic (67 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Seneca Knolls, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

3.2%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
64 people
2.82%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
65 people

As of 2024, 3.2% of Seneca Knolls, NY residents (64 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Seneca Knolls, NY was 2.82%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    52 ± 54
  2. Korea
    18 ± 33
  3. Gulf War (2001-)
    11 ± 25

Seneca Knolls, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.89 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Seneca Knolls, NY employs 926 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Seneca Knolls, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (247 people), Educational Services (163 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (102 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($80,104), Health Care & Social Assistance ($66,766), and Public Administration ($64,766).

Employment

Occupations

926
2024 Value
± 259
−13.4%
1 Year decline
± 45.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Seneca Knolls, NY declined at a rate of −13.4%, from 1.07k employees to 926 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Seneca Knolls, NY, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (201 people), Education Instruction, & Library Occupations (93 people), and Food Preparation & Serving Related Occupations (79 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Seneca Knolls, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

926
2024 Value
± 259
−13.4%
1 Year decline
± 45.5%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Seneca Knolls, NY declined at a rate of −13.4%, from 1.07k employees to 926 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Seneca Knolls, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (247 people), Educational Services (163 people), and Transportation & Warehousing (102 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Seneca Knolls, NY, though some of these residents may live in Seneca Knolls, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$51,610
Median earning men ± $10,725
$59,028
Median earning women ± $17,617

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($64,766), Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($60,753), and Retail Trade ($56,328).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($66,188) and Manufacturing ($61,339).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Seneca Knolls, NY was $146,000 in 2024, which is 0.439 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $123,900 to $146,000, a 17.8% increase. The homeownership rate in Seneca Knolls, NY is 89.3%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Seneca Knolls, NY have an average commute time of 30.5 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Seneca Knolls, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$146,000
Median Property Value 2024
±$11,724
$819
Median Property Taxes
±$228

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Seneca Knolls, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Seneca Knolls, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

89.3%
Homeownership
2024
64.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 89.3% of the housing units in Seneca Knolls, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 93.5%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$59,750
Median Household Income
± $34,962
917
Number of Households
± 240

In 2024, the median household income of the 917 households in Seneca Knolls, NY grew to $59,750 from the previous year's value of $54,963.

The following chart displays the households in Seneca Knolls, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Seneca Knolls, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (86.6%)
  2. Worked At Home (7.22%)
  3. Carpooled (4.13%)

In 2024, 86.6% of workers in Seneca Knolls, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (7.22%) and those who carpooled to work (4.13%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

30.5 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Seneca Knolls, NY have a longer commute time (30.5 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 9.02% of the workforce in Seneca Knolls, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Seneca Knolls, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Seneca Knolls, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

13.1% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Seneca Knolls, NY (263 out of 2k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 25 - 34 and then Females 75+.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Seneca Knolls, NY is White, followed by Hispanic and Two Or More.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

98.5% of the population of Seneca Knolls, NY has health coverage, with 52.2% on employee plans, 19.8% on Medicaid, 13.4% on Medicare, 11.9% on non-group plans, and 1.1% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44% were men and 56% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 11.4% under 18 years, 24.9% between 18 and 34 years, 47.8% between 35 and 64 years, and 15.8% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 44% were men and 56% were women.

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Uninsured People

1.55%
Uninsured
52.2%
Employer Coverage
19.8%
Medicaid
13.4%
Medicare
11.9%
Non-Group
1.1%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Seneca Knolls, NY declined by 46.6% from 2.9% to 1.55%.

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