Great Neck is home to 15,000 Jewish adults and 7,000 Jewish children in 8,000 households. These households are home to 23,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 48% of households in Great Neck include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Great Neck is 47, lower than the average age in Nassau. 31% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 30% of this area's population are children.
74% of adults in Jewish households in Great Neck are married, compared with 73% in the county overall. 9% have never married and 6% are divorced or separated.
22% of adults in Jewish households in Great Neck 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.
Great Neck 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: 7% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
17% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 45% say they have some extra money or are well off.
2% of households in Great Neck are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
80% of Jewish adults in Great Neck 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.
50% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 70% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
24% of Jewish adults in Great Neck are Orthodox, 44% are Conservative, and 14% are Reform. 18% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
49% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 37% 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 | Great Neck | Nassau | 8-County Total |
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The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 95% | 85% | 80% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 95% | 84% | 77% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 94% | 78% | 70% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 63% | 43% | 48% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 40% | 19% | 21% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 49% | 21% | 23% |