Bronx is home to 29,000 Jewish adults and 4,000 Jewish children in 20,000 households. These households are home to 47,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 4% of households in Bronx include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Bronx is 50, higher than the average age in the eight-county area. 33% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 17% of this area's population are children, for a total of 8,000 children and 12,000 seniors.
50% of adults in Jewish households in Bronx are married, compared with 62% in the eight-county overall. 14% have never married and 16% are divorced or separated.
18% of adults in Jewish households in Bronx were born outside of the U.S., and 61% were born in the New York area, a rate higher than in the eight-county area as a whole.
Bronx has a lower median income compared with that of the eight county area. The share of low-income households is higher compared with the eight-county area as a whole.
Compared with the eight-county area, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is higher: 24% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line. 6,000 people live in poor or near poor households in Bronx.
34% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 36% say they have some extra money or are well off.
14% of households in Bronx are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
51% of Jewish adults in Bronx report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 80% feel being Jewish is important to them, lower than the rate across the eight counties.
28% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 65% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
20% of Jewish adults in Bronx are Orthodox, 14% are Conservative, and 14% are Reform. 52% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
26% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 25% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, greater than the rate across the eight counties.
Jewish behaviors | Bronx | 8-County Total |
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The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 77% | 80% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 68% | 77% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 63% | 70% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 47% | 48% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 29% | 21% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 26% | 23% |