Flatbush/Midwood is home to 33,000 Jewish adults and 12,000 Jewish children in 19,000 households. These households are home to 54,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 34% of households in Flatbush/Midwood include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Flatbush/Midwood is 49, higher than the average age in Brooklyn. 26% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 24% of this area's population are children.
71% of adults in Jewish households in Flatbush/Midwood are married, compared with 62% in the county overall. 14% have never married and 8% are divorced or separated.
27% of adults in Jewish households in Flatbush/Midwood 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.
Flatbush/Midwood has a higher median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is lower compared with Brooklyn as a whole.
Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is lower: 31% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
29% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 33% say they have some extra money or are well off.
3% of households in Flatbush/Midwood are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
75% of Jewish adults in Flatbush/Midwood report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 95% 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.
59% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 98% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
71% of Jewish adults in Flatbush/Midwood are Orthodox, 5% are Conservative, and 3% are Reform. 20% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
53% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 11% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Brooklyn overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.
| Jewish behaviors | Flatbush/Midwood | Brooklyn | 8-County Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 88% | 87% | 80% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 91% | 85% | 77% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 87% | 79% | 70% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 85% | 68% | 48% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 71% | 46% | 21% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 53% | 46% | 23% |