De Witt

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De Witt

Total population

11,060

Median home value

$297,600

63.1%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$123,864

De Witt$124k

National$74k

Weather48°F · Mostly Clear then Areas Of Fog

Coordinates43.03°, -76.09°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

DeWitt is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,074. The town is named after major Moses DeWitt, a judge and soldier. An eastern suburb of Syracuse, DeWitt also is the site of most of the campus and all of the academic buildings of Le Moyne College.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for DeWitt, NY from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Dana Vollmer

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, world champion, world record-holder

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Frank Whaley

American actor

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Dave MacKay

American musician

Doris Kenyon

American actress (1897–1979)

Robert F. Engle

American economist and Nobel laureate (born 1942)

Carl Woese

American microbiologist

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Mark Lombardi

American neo-conceptual artist whose art depicted diagrams of the social networks underlying global conspiracies (1951–2000)

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Danny Schayes

American basketball player (born 1959)

Theodore Hesburgh

American theologian and university president (1917–2015)

Bobcat Goldthwait

American comedian, actor, film director and screenwriter

Edward Schoeneck

American politician (1875-1951)

Rod Serling

American screenwriter (1924–1975)

James Nachtwey

American photographer (born 1948)

Jay Leach

American ice hockey player

Gary Lucas

American musician

Rory Cochrane

American actor

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in New York

• East Syracuse
  2.6 mi away
• Lyncourt
  4.2 mi away
• Galeville
  6.5 mi away
• North Syracuse
  7.6 mi away
• Liverpool
  8.2 mi away
• Lakeland
  9 mi away
• Chittenango
  10.8 mi away
• Camillus
  11.3 mi away
• Cazenovia
  13.8 mi away · pop. 2,753
• Canastota
  17.2 mi away
• Cleveland
  17.8 mi away · pop. 785
• Elbridge
  18 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about De Witt

How Music Got Free

Stephen Witt · 2015

Old Abe's joker, or, Wit at the White House

Robert M., De Witt New York, pub · 1863

Citizen's handbook

League of Women Voters of the Syracuse Metropolitan Area. De Witt Unit. · 1976

White Teeth

Zadie Smith · 2000

Etched in Bone

Anne Bishop · 2017

Moord op Lumumba

Ludo de Witte · 2000

The De Witt family of Ulster County, New York

Thomas Grier Evans · 1886

The De Witt family of Ulster County, New York ..

Thomas G. Evans · 1980

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

American pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Seen 2026-09-25

Eastern Red-backed Salamander

Plethodon cinereus

Seen 2026-09-25

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Seen 2026-09-25

Small White

Pieris rapae

Seen 2026-09-25

Hickory Tussock Moth

Lophocampa caryae

Seen 2026-09-25

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Seen 2026-09-25

Eastern Tailed-Blue

Everes comyntas

Seen 2026-09-25

American Dagger

Acronicta americana

Seen 2026-09-25

Asian Bush Mosquito

Aedes japonicus

Seen 2026-09-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).