Williamsburg is home to 36,000 Jewish adults and 32,000 Jewish children in 21,000 households. These households are home to 76,000 total people, including both Jews and non-Jews in Jewish households. 21% of households in Williamsburg include a Jewish person.
The average age of adults in Jewish households in Williamsburg is 31, lower than the average age in Brooklyn. 5% of these adults are seniors over the age of 65. Additionally, 45% of this area's population are children.
65% of adults in Jewish households in Williamsburg are married, compared with 62% in the county overall. 18% have never married and 8% are divorced or separated.
12% of adults in Jewish households in Williamsburg were born outside of the U.S., and 51% in Brooklyn were born in the New York area, a rate lower than in the eight-county area as a whole.
Williamsburg has a lower median income compared with that of the entire county. The share of low-income households is higher compared with Brooklyn as a whole.
Compared with the entire county, the share of Jewish households who are poor or near poor is higher: 60% earn up to two and a half times the federal poverty line.
47% of households say they can't make ends meet or are just managing, while 21% say they have some extra money or are well off.
11% of households in Williamsburg are food-insecure, reporting that they have run out of food at least sometimes in the last year.
74% of Jewish adults in Williamsburg report feeling some or more a part of the Jewish community in New York. 71% feel being Jewish is important to them, less than the rate among Jewish adults in Brooklyn overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
71% of Jewish adults are synagogue members, and 97% of Jewish households with children ages 5-17 send at least one to Jewish day school.
74% of Jewish adults in Williamsburg are Orthodox, 1% are Conservative, and 7% are Reform. 18% have no denomination or identify with a group not listed above.
70% of adults in Jewish households say they attend synagogue at least monthly, and 1% say they attend Jewish programs at least monthly, less than the rate among Jewish adults in Brooklyn overall, and lower than the rate across the eight counties.
| Jewish behaviors | Williamsburg | Brooklyn | 8-County Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who celebrate Chanukah. | 90% | 87% | 80% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who participate in a Passover seder. | 92% | 85% | 77% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who observe Yom Kippur in some way. | 84% | 79% | 70% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who mark Shabbat in a way different from other days. | 86% | 68% | 48% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who keep a kosher home. | 71% | 46% | 21% |
| The percentage of adults in Jewish households who attend Jewish prayer services, at least monthly. | 70% | 46% | 23% |