Elkins Park, PA Shul Map
A small, growing Orthodox community north of the city — Young Israel of Elkins Park and a yeshiva gedola, with its own eruv and mikvah, and houses that cost well under the Main Line.
- 2 shuls
- 2 kosher stores, dining, mikvahs & schools
- Median home $391,600
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- Shul
- Mikvah
- Kosher dining
- Walking radius (approx.)
Mikvahs 1
- Ruchel & Shterna Mikvah of Elkins Park · At Young Israel of Elkins Park (separate entrance)
Kosher dining 1
- Rolling's Bakery · Kosher bakery
Price range
$$
Median home value $391,600 · 35% of households rent
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About Elkins Park
Elkins Park is the Philadelphia area’s quiet third option — a suburban Montgomery County township with a small but genuinely growing Orthodox community and noticeably more house for the money than Lower Merion. Young Israel of Elkins Park on Montgomery Avenue is the community’s center, founded in 1980 and now running daily minyanim and a full shiur schedule, and the Yeshiva Gedolah of Elkins Park brings a beis medrash and its own minyanim to the neighborhood.
The community is compact — this is not the Main Line’s institutional density — but the essentials are in place: Young Israel maintains an eruv, the Ruchel & Shterna Mikvah operates from the shul building with its own entrance on Montgomery Avenue, and Rolling’s Bakery covers kosher baked goods. Elkins Park’s older Jewish presence is largely Conservative and Reform, including Beth Sholom, so the Orthodox community is the newer and smaller layer. Families here generally use the day schools in Lower Merion or the Northeast.
Note: an eruv is maintained by Young Israel of Elkins Park. Confirm its boundary and weekly status with the shul or your rav before carrying on Shabbat.
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Frequently asked questions
How many shuls are in Elkins Park, PA?
Elkins Park, PA has 2 shuls on ShulMap in Philadelphia: Young Israel of Elkins Park, Yeshiva Gedolah of Elkins Park.
What is Elkins Park, PA like for an observant family?
A small, growing Orthodox community north of the city — Young Israel of Elkins Park and a yeshiva gedola, with its own eruv and mikvah, and houses that cost well under the Main Line.
Are there Orthodox synagogues in Elkins Park, PA?
Yes — shul is the traditional term for synagogue, and Elkins Park, PA has 2 Orthodox synagogues listed on ShulMap, each mapped with the kosher amenities and housing around it.
What county is Elkins Park in?
Elkins Park is in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, within Cheltenham Township, just north of the Philadelphia city line. It is a separate community from the Main Line's Lower Merion, which sits west of the city.
What is the Jewish population of Elkins Park?
Elkins Park has a long-established Jewish presence that is largely Conservative and Reform — Beth Sholom among them — with the Orthodox community forming a newer, smaller and genuinely growing layer numbering in the hundreds. Greater Philadelphia's overall Jewish population is commonly estimated at well over 200,000. These are community estimates, not census counts.
Is there a yeshiva in Elkins Park?
Yes — the Yeshiva Gedolah of Elkins Park brings a beis medrash and its own minyanim to the neighborhood, alongside Young Israel of Elkins Park on Montgomery Avenue, which was founded in 1980 and runs daily minyanim and a full shiur schedule. For younger children, families here generally use the day schools in Lower Merion or Northeast Philadelphia.
How much does a home cost in Elkins Park, PA?
The US Census median home value for ZIP 19027, which covers Elkins Park, PA, is $391,600 (American Community Survey, 2020–2024, as valued by owners), and 35% of households there rent. That is a ZIP-wide figure, and asking prices today usually run higher — on ShulMap Elkins Park, PA sits in the $$ band relative to nearby communities.
Where can I find housing in Elkins Park, PA?
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