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Onondaga County, NY

Banking market profile · FDIC Summary of Deposits (SOD), June 30, 2025

Onondaga County, New York, a core county of the Syracuse-Auburn, NY market, holds $12.5B in deposits across 14 insured institutions and 106 branches. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company is the largest deposit holder at 27.7% share. The top three banks hold 58% of deposits, which places the county in the Moderate band. Deposits have fallen 1.9% since 2020 while the branch count fell by 1.9%. It produces $33.3B of output, ranking #142 of the 1,523 ranked counties by economic output.

Economic scale
2024 Real GDP
$33.3B
#142 of 1,523
Population
466,584
#159 of 1,523
GDP per Capita
$71,401
#179 of 1,523
Deposit market
Deposits (SOD, 6/30/25)
$12.5B
#172 of 1,523
Deposits per Capita
$26,887
#515 of 1,523
Deposits per Branch
$118M
#394 of 1,523
Competitive structure
Insured Institutions
14
#428 of 1,523
Branches per 100k Pop.
22.7
#846 of 1,523
Median Deposits per Institution
$504M
The median deposits booked by a single institution in the county. #39 of 1,523. A lower figure means institutions typically hold smaller deposit positions here; it reflects local deposit presence, not an institution’s overall size. See Community & Regional Bank Share for institution scale.
Community & Regional Bank Share
29.5%
of county deposits held by banks with $100M to $100B in assets. #1,353 of 1,523. A higher share points to a market where small to mid-size institutions, the kind that compete on relationships and local decision-making, hold more ground.
Top-3 Banks’ Deposit Share: Moderate
58%
The combined deposit share of the top three banks by deposits in the county. A lower share means deposits are spread across more institutions.

Ranks show where the county stands among the 1,523 ranked counties (those within a Combined or Metropolitan Statistical Area that have a branch). They describe relative position, not a rating of market quality or suitability.

Deposit trend

County Deposits (SOD, 2020 to 2025)-1.9% over 5 years
$12.8B
2020
$13.6B
2021
$13.1B
2022
$12.2B
2023
$12.3B
2024
$12.5B
2025

Branches: 108 in 2020 to 106 in 2025. Institutions: 15 to 14. Top-three share: 63% to 58%.

Institutions by deposits

InstitutionDepositsShareBranches5‑yr
deposits
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company$3.5B27.7%26-9%
KeyBank$2.2B17.4%19-23%
JPMorgan Chase Bank$1.6B12.9%10+23%
Bank of America$1.2B9.7%7-4%
Solvay Bank$1.1B8.4%9+12%
NBT Bank$770M6.1%10+31%
Community Bank$530M4.2%6+46%
Geddes Federal Savings and Loan Association$477M3.8%1+13%
Pathfinder Bank$468M3.7%5+100%
Citizens Bank$363M2.9%4-6%
Seneca Savings$203M1.6%4+37%
Tompkins Community Bank$76M0.6%2+61%
Fulton Savings Bank$62M0.5%2+7%
The Lyons National Bank$51M0.4%1+25%

The 14 insured institutions with a branch presence in this county, per the FDIC Summary of Deposits, June 30, 2025. Five-year change compares the same institution’s county deposits in 2020 and 2025. Institutions are tracked by FDIC certificate number, and where an institution acquired another bank, the acquired bank’s prior deposits are folded into the baseline so the change reflects the combined, continuing franchise rather than reading as new. “No 2020 presence” means neither the institution nor a bank it later absorbed reported deposits in this county that year. Deposit figures are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

Part of the Syracuse-Auburn market

Onondaga County is one of 4 counties that make up the Syracuse-Auburn, NY market, a Combined Statistical Area (ranked #79 of 293 U.S. markets by economic output). It produces 72.3% of the market’s output and holds 73.2% of its deposits.

MeasureOnondaga CountyShare of parent market
2024 GDP$33.3B72.3%
Deposits$12.5B73.2%
Population466,58464.2%

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