East Syracuse is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 3,008 people and four associated neighborhoods, East Syracuse is the 466th largest community in New York. East Syracuse has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic villages.

Also of interest is that East Syracuse has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.62% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of East Syracuse is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.77 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

In terms of college education, East Syracuse is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 20.23% of adults 25 and older in East Syracuse have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in East Syracuse in 2022 was $29,314, which is low income relative to New York, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $117,256 for a family of four. However, East Syracuse contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Syracuse is a somewhat ethnically-diverse village. The people who call East Syracuse home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of East Syracuse residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Syracuse include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Yugoslavian.

The most common language spoken in East Syracuse is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Serbo-Croatian.