Washington Heights/Inwood is home to 18,000 Jewish adults and 1,000 Jewish children in 13,000 households. These households are home to 27,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 14% of households in Washington Heights/Inwood include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Washington Heights/Inwood is 38, lower than the average age in Manhattan. 17% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 7% of this area's population are children.
34% of adults in Jewish households in Washington Heights/Inwood are married, compared with 50% in the county overall. 54% have never married and 3% are divorced or separated.
11% of adults in Jewish households in Washington Heights/Inwood 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.
Washington Heights/Inwood 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.
Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is higher: 33% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
24% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 41% say they have some extra money or are well off.
0% of households in Washington Heights/Inwood are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
43% of Jewish adults in Washington Heights/Inwood report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 80% feel being Jewish is important to them, less than the rate among Jewish adults in Manhattan overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
31% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 44% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
19% of Jewish adults in Washington Heights/Inwood are Orthodox, 15% are Conservative, and 12% are Reform. 54% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
20% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 2% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, less than the rate among Jewish adults in Manhattan overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
Jewish behaviors | Washington Heights/Inwood | Manhattan | 8-County Total |
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The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 76% | 76% | 80% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 64% | 74% | 77% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 45% | 61% | 70% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 45% | 38% | 48% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 15% | 9% | 21% |
The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 20% | 11% | 23% |