Five Towns is home to 24,000 Jewish adults and 15,000 Jewish children in 10,000 households. These households are home to 40,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 75% of households in Five Towns include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Five Towns is 43, lower than the average age in Nassau. 17% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 38% of this area's population are children.
84% of adults in Jewish households in Five Towns are married, compared with 73% in the county overall. 7% have never married and 3% are divorced or separated.
12% of adults in Jewish households in Five Towns were born outside of the U.S., and 77% in Nassau were born in the New York area, a rate higher than in the eight-county area as a whole.
Five Towns has a similar median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is lower compared with Nassau as a whole.
Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is lower: 9% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
37% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 38% say they have some extra money or are well off.
6% of households in Five Towns are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
87% of Jewish adults in Five Towns report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 99% feel being Jewish is important to them, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Nassau overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.
74% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 86% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
69% of Jewish adults in Five Towns are Orthodox, 8% are Conservative, and 14% are Reform. 9% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
63% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 15% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Nassau overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.
| Jewish behaviors | Five Towns | Nassau | 8-County Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 99% | 85% | 80% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 97% | 84% | 77% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 99% | 78% | 70% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 86% | 43% | 48% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 70% | 19% | 21% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 63% | 21% | 23% |