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Salina is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 345th among New York's 745 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 61% of the country. A typical home there costs about $160K, 2.1 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. Salina’s average trip to work is 18 minutes, below both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Salina has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Alvord House and Lucius Gleason House. Salina is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 81% of U.S. towns.
Where Salina beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Salina is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,814 in 1820, a low of 1,814 in 1820, 33,233 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1835 and 5 maps from 1895 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Salina. Close and well known come first.
5 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
2 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
39 mi LakeCayuga Lake
2 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
11 mi State parkGreen Lakes State ParkJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cayuga Lake: The original uploader was Cornellrockey at English Wikipedia. Later versions we, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Salina, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Salina.
Salina gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns, has homes that are cheap against local pay and trades workers with Syracuse and other neighbors.
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 12 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Salina.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Liverpool Central School District. One of its 11 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roxboro Road Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–7 | Grades 5–7 | 697 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station records that 128 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 78% of New York places with climate records.
Salina has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82° and January nights drop to 16°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Salina has about as many jobs (17,803) as working residents, but only 1,512 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 17.9 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Most working residents leave Salina for work: only 10% work in town. Since 2013, Salina has lost 1,356 jobs, to 17,803 in 2023. The top destinations are Syracuse (28%), DeWitt (13%) and Clay (10%).
| Salina | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $72,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 13% | 12% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Salina beats the New York average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 37% of adults have obesity in Salina.
| Salina | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Salina | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 14.8% | 17.2% |
| More adults with depression | 22.4% | 17.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the New York average. Salina has lost 2.6% of its people since 2020, down to 32,375 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 32% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 40% across New York.
| Salina | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43.3 years | 42.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 20% | 22% |
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.6 points). Across New York, 51.2% of residents are women. Median age: women 45.0, men 41.0.
| Salina | NY | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.1% | 11% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 9.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.5% | 13% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.7% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.8% | 7.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 12% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30.5% | 24.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 15.6% | 14.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.1% | 8.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.9% | 22.4% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.4% | 17.9% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
1.0 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Onondaga Lake Park, at 258 acres. The trail density in Salina is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Salina | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Onondaga Lake Park | 0.6 mi | 258 |
| 2. Hopkins Road Park | — | 58 |
| 3. Burnham Park | — | 31 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 2.1 years of the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 86% of New York towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Salina
About 5 of every 100 Salina residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
3 places in Salina on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in New York, United States
Salina is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,223. The name of the town is derived from the Latin word for "salt." Salina is a northern suburb of Syracuse.
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7 towns share a border with Salina.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salina | #345 | B | C+ | — | C+ | B |
| Syracuse | #734 | D− | B− | D− | D− | C− |
| Lysander | #304 | B | C | — | B+ | B+ |
| Geddes | #308 | B | B | C+ | C | B+ |
| Lyncourt | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Galeville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clay | #302 | B | C | — | C+ | A− |
| DeWitt | #285 | B | C+ | C− | B+ | A− |
Salina, Lysander and Clay report no FBI crime data of their own. Lyncourt and Galeville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Salina with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Salina grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #345 of 745 in New York. It grades B for health and C+ for schools.
The typical home is worth about $161,000, 69% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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