Where Orthodox Jews live, state by state — 105 communities in 24 states and 1414 shuls on the map, each with a walkable shul map.
Most Orthodox Jews in the United States live in and around New York. Brooklyn — Boro Park, Williamsburg, Flatbush and Crown Heights — is the largest center, and within a couple of hours' drive sit Lakewood in Ocean County, New Jersey, the Monsey–Ramapo area of Rockland County, the Five Towns and Far Rockaway on the Queens–Nassau line, Kew Gardens Hills and Forest Hills in Queens, and the New Jersey suburbs of Bergen County, Passaic and Highland Park–Edison.
Beyond the New York area the major centers are Los Angeles (Pico-Robertson, Hancock Park and Valley Village), South Florida from Miami Beach up to Boca Raton, Baltimore, Chicago's West Rogers Park and Skokie, Silver Spring, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit and Boston — and a fast-growing Sunbelt tier in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Las Vegas that families move to for space and price.
Below is every US community on ShulMap, state by state, with the shuls we have mapped and the Census home value for each — then links to each state's side-by-side comparison and to each community's walkable shul map.
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Boro Park, Flatbush, Williamsburg, Five Towns, Far Rockaway, Monsey, Spring Valley, Crown Heights, Great Neck, Wesley Hills, New Hempstead, Pomona, Kew Gardens Hills, Upper East Side, Kiryas Joel, Staten Island, Upper West Side, Washington Heights, Riverdale, Forest Hills, West Hempstead, Albany, New Rochelle
Compare New York →Lakewood, Passaic, Toms River, Teaneck, Englewood, Cherry Hill, Fair Lawn, Bergenfield, Highland Park, Jackson, West Orange, Edison, Fort Lee
Compare New Jersey →West Boca Raton, Miami Beach, North Miami Beach, Surfside, Aventura, Hollywood, Coral Springs, West Delray Beach, West Palm Beach, Boynton Beach, East Boca Raton, Hallandale Beach, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, Sunny Isles Beach, Parkland
Compare Florida →Hancock Park, Valley Village, Encino, Pico-Robertson, Westwood, Beverly Hills, La Jolla, College Area
Compare California →Park Heights, Silver Spring, Pikesville, Potomac, Washington
Compare Maryland →West Rogers Park, Skokie, Peterson Park, Chicago, Lincolnwood
Compare Chicago →Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus
Compare Ohio →New Haven, Waterbury, West Hartford, Stamford
Compare Connecticut →Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Bala Cynwyd, Rhawnhurst, Elkins Park
Compare Pennsylvania →Seward Park, Seattle, North Seattle
Compare Washington →Outside New York and New Jersey, families often choose a smaller community for space, price and a closer kehilla. On ShulMap: South Florida · Orlando, FL · Los Angeles · San Diego · Baltimore · Washington, DC area · Chicago · Cleveland, OH · Cincinnati, OH · Columbus, OH · Stamford, CT · New Haven, CT · Waterbury, CT · West Hartford, CT · Philadelphia · Pittsburgh, PA · Detroit, MI · Dallas, TX · Houston, TX · Austin, TX · Boston, MA · Phoenix / Scottsdale, AZ · Denver, CO · Atlanta · Milwaukee, WI · Seattle, WA · St. Louis, MO · Memphis, TN · Nashville, TN · Richmond, VA · Norfolk, VA · Minneapolis, MN · Las Vegas, NV · Charlotte, NC · Raleigh, NC · Charleston, SC
Comparing on cost? The most affordable communities on ShulMap by Census median home value (2020–2024) are Milwaukee ($143,400), Cincinnati ($170,600) and West Palm Beach ($175,900). Every community ranked by home price →
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Mostly in and around New York: Brooklyn (Boro Park, Williamsburg, Flatbush, Crown Heights), Lakewood, New Jersey, Monsey in Rockland County, the Five Towns and Far Rockaway, Queens, and the New Jersey suburbs of Bergen County and Passaic. The largest centers beyond it are Los Angeles, South Florida, Baltimore, Chicago, Silver Spring, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Detroit and Boston, with a growing Sunbelt tier in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Las Vegas. ShulMap maps 105 US communities across 24 states.
By community estimates: Boro Park (above 100,000 Orthodox Jews), Lakewood (well above 100,000 Orthodox Jews) and Williamsburg (around 75,000 or more Chasidim), then Flatbush, Monsey, Five Towns, Crown Heights and Kew Gardens Hills — each estimated in the tens of thousands. Outside the New York area the largest are Pico-Robertson (tens of thousands) and West Rogers Park (roughly 10,000–15,000). These are community estimates, not census counts; no official count of Orthodox Jews by town exists.
The Pew Research Center's 2020 survey of Jewish Americans found that about 9% of Jewish adults identify as Orthodox, and a larger share of Jewish children, because Orthodox families are younger and larger. It is the fastest-growing part of American Jewry, which is why communities like Lakewood, Monsey and Jackson keep expanding outward.
It depends on what a family needs. For the deepest infrastructure — shuls on every block, schools of every stripe, kosher everything — the New York-area centers above are unmatched. On price, the most affordable communities on ShulMap by Census median home value are Milwaukee ($143,400), Cincinnati ($170,600) and West Palm Beach ($175,900). Where apartments are the normal way in, look at communities where most households rent, such as Hancock Park (86%), Washington Heights (84%), Williamsburg (83%) and Crown Heights (83%). And for space with a full frum life, the "out-of-town" communities — Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and others — are worth a visit.
On ShulMap: New York (23 communities), Florida (16 communities), New Jersey (13 communities) and California (8 communities). New York and New Jersey hold the great majority of American Orthodox Jews; Florida has the largest cluster outside them.
It differs community by community, and ShulMap never infers one. Each community page carries its own eruv detail with its source and the date it was last checked — and in some of the largest communities, such as Lakewood, Boro Park and Williamsburg, the eruv is a matter of dispute rather than a yes or no. Always confirm with your local rav or the eruv hotline before carrying on Shabbos.
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