Harlem

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Population Estimates and Demography

Harlem is home to 16,000 Jewish adults and 8,000 Jewish children in 12,000 households. These households are home to 32,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 8% of households in Harlem include a Jewish person.

The average age of adults in Jewish households in Harlem is 41, lower than the average age in Manhattan. 10% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 28% of this area's population are children.

The percentage of adults in Jewish households by age groups.

48% of adults in Jewish households in Harlem are married, compared with 50% in the county overall. 33% have never married and 3% are divorced or separated.

The percentage of adults in Jewish households who are single, married, widowed, or divorced.

14% of adults in Jewish households in Harlem were born outside of the U.S., and 48% in Manhattan were born in the New York area, a rate lower than in the eight-county area as a whole.

Poverty and Well-Being

Harlem has a lower median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is higher compared with Manhattan as a whole.

The percentage of Jewish households by income bracket. Income reflects earnings from all members of the household, before taxes and not including government benefits.

Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is higher: 27% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.

40% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 29% say they have some extra money or are well off.

15% of households in Harlem are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.

The percentage of Jewish households that, in the past year, have run out of food before they had money to buy more.

Jewish Engagement

43% of Jewish adults in Harlem report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 86% feel being Jewish is important to them, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Manhattan overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.

35% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 51% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.

8% of Jewish adults in Harlem are Orthodox, 20% are Conservative, and 12% are Reform. 60% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.

The percentage of Jewish adults who identify as Orthodox, Conservative, Reform or other/none of the above.

Jewish Practices and Behaviors

16% 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 Manhattan overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.