Borough Park is home to 46,000 Jewish adults and 50,000 Jewish children in 23,000 households. These households are home to 101,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 45% of households in Borough Park include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Borough Park is 36, lower than the average age in Brooklyn. 17% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 51% of this area's population are children.
83% of adults in Jewish households in Borough Park are married, compared with 62% in the county overall. 7% have never married and 2% are divorced or separated.
16% of adults in Jewish households in Borough Park were born outside of the U.S., and 51% in Brooklyn were born in the New York area, a rate lower than in the eight-county area as a whole.
Borough Park has a lower median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is higher compared with Brooklyn as a whole.
Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is higher: 57% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
51% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 14% say they have some extra money or are well off.
10% of households in Borough Park are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
93% of Jewish adults in Borough Park report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 97% feel being Jewish is important to them, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Brooklyn overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.
96% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 97% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
95% of Jewish adults in Borough Park are Orthodox, 0% are Conservative, and 0% are Reform. 5% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
97% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 2% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, less than the rate among Jewish adults in Brooklyn overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
Jewish behaviors | Borough Park | Brooklyn | 8-County Total |
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The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 99% | 87% | 80% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 100% | 85% | 77% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 99% | 79% | 70% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 98% | 68% | 48% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 97% | 46% | 21% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 97% | 46% | 23% |