Riverdale / Kingsbridge is home to 16,000 Jewish adults and 4,000 Jewish children in 10,000 households. These households are home to 24,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 22% of households in Riverdale / Kingsbridge include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Riverdale / Kingsbridge is 50, lower than the average age in Bronx. 40% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 21% of this area's population are children.
63% of adults in Jewish households in Riverdale / Kingsbridge are married, compared with 50% in the county overall. 6% have never married and 15% are divorced or separated.
20% of adults in Jewish households in Riverdale / Kingsbridge were born outside of the U.S., and 61% in Bronx were born in the New York area, a rate higher than in the eight-county area as a whole.
Riverdale / Kingsbridge has a higher median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is lower compared with Bronx 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.
28% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 39% say they have some extra money or are well off.
5% of households in Riverdale / Kingsbridge are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
62% of Jewish adults in Riverdale / Kingsbridge report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 84% feel being Jewish is important to them, more than the rate among Jewish adults in Bronx overall, but lower than the rate across the eight counties.
34% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 53% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
27% of Jewish adults in Riverdale / Kingsbridge are Orthodox, 10% are Conservative, and 14% are Reform. 49% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
33% 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 Bronx overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
| Jewish behaviors | Riverdale / Kingsbridge | Bronx | 8-County Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 77% | 77% | 80% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 77% | 68% | 77% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 62% | 63% | 70% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 48% | 47% | 48% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 31% | 29% | 21% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 33% | 26% | 23% |