Towns and villages in Onondaga County make up most of the suburban communities in the Greater Syracuse area. Towns and villages in such surrounding counties as Oswego, Madison, Cortland, or Cayuga on the border of Onondaga County may also be considered Syracuse suburbs.
- Towns
- Camillus
- Cicero
- Clay
- DeWitt
- Elbridge
- Fabius
- Geddes
- LaFayette
- Lysander
- Manlius
- Marcellus
- Onondaga
- Otisco
- Pompey
- Salina
- Skaneateles
- Spafford
- Tully
- Van Buren
- Villages
