Northwest Suffolk is home to 41,000 Jewish adults and 6,000 Jewish children in 30,000 households. These households are home to 80,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 18% of households in Northwest Suffolk include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Northwest Suffolk is 45, lower than the average age in Suffolk. 20% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 24% of this area's population are children.
83% of adults in Jewish households in Northwest Suffolk are married, compared with 77% in the county overall. 6% have never married and 3% are divorced or separated.
11% of adults in Jewish households in Northwest Suffolk were born outside of the U.S., and 76% in Suffolk were born in the New York area, a rate higher than in the eight-county area as a whole.
Northwest Suffolk has a similar median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is lower compared with Suffolk as a whole.
Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is lower: 6% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
25% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 47% say they have some extra money or are well off.
4% of households in Northwest Suffolk are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
46% of Jewish adults in Northwest Suffolk report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 94% feel being Jewish is important to them, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Suffolk overall, and greater than the rate across the eight counties.
18% of Jewish adults are synagogue members.
3% of Jewish adults in Northwest Suffolk are Orthodox, 30% are Conservative, and 31% are Reform. 36% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
4% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 7% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, less than the rate among Jewish adults in Suffolk overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
| Jewish behaviors | Northwest Suffolk | Suffolk | 8-County Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 71% | 68% | 80% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 68% | 65% | 77% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 61% | 56% | 70% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 33% | 27% | 48% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 4% | 3% | 21% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 4% | 5% | 23% |