Land area: 1.11 sq. mi.
Founded: 1970
Population in 2014: 22,246 (100% urban, 0% rural)
Population density: 20,255 people per square mile.
Colleges and Universities: United States Military Academy, Mount Saint Mary College, Rockland Community, Orange County Community College, Nyack College, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Mercy College
Water area: 0.01 sq. mi.
Kiryas Joel is a village within the town of Monroe in Orange County, New York, United States. The majority of its residents are Yiddish-speaking Hasidic Jews who belong to the worldwide Satmar Hasidic dynasty.Kiryas Joel is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh– Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger New York–Newark–Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. According to the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, Kiryas Joel has by far the youngest median age population of any municipality in the United States,and the youngest, at 13.2 years old, of any population center of over 5,000 residents in the United States.Residents of Kiryas Joel, like those of other Haredi Jewish communities, typically have large families.According to 2008 census figures, the village has the highest poverty rate in the nation. More than two-thirds of residents live below the federal poverty line and 40% receive food stamps.It is also the place in the United States with the highest percentage of people who reported Hungarian extraction, as 18.9% of the population reported Hungarian extraction in 2000.Kiryas Joel is named for the late Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, the rebbe of Satmar and driving spirit behind the project. Teitelbaum himself helped select the location a few years before his death in 1979. Joel Teitelbaum, originally from Hungary, was the rebbe who rebuilt the Satmar Hasidic dynasty in the years following World War II. The Satmar hasidim who established Kiryas Joel came from Satu Mare, Romania.
There are 2 airports and 2 Amtrak train stations within 30 miles of the Kiryas Joel city center.
The average travel time to work in Kiryas Joel is 4% lower than the national average.
The number of people who take public transportation in Kiryas Joel is 281% higher than the national average.
The number of people who carpool to work in Kiryas Joel is 64% higher than the national average.
The number of people who work from home in Kiryas Joel is 8% higher than the national average.
White (99.02%)
African American (0.21%)
Asian (0.12%)
From other races (0.12%)
From two or more races (0.63% )
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.93% of the population.
Median resident age: 12.3 years
New York median age: 38.2 years
Kiryas Joel: 5.5 people
New York: 2.6 people
Kiryas Joel: $23,907 (it was $15,138 in 2000)
New York: $57,369
Median gross rent in 2013: $1,170.
Kiryas Joel: $332,623 (it was $159,000 in 2000)
New York: $277,600
Mean prices in 2013: All housing units: $279,291; Detached houses: $287,696; Townhouses or other attached units: $271,356; In 2-unit structures: $346,589; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $207,589; In 5-or-more-unit structures: $228,396; Mobile homes: $50,771
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2013 was 77.9. This is about average.
Ozone [ppb] level in 2013 was 26.8. This is about average. Closest monitor was 6.2 miles away from the city center.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2013 was 7.19. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 13.7 miles away from the city center.
Lead (Pb) [µg/m3] level in 2008 was 0.0187. This is worse than average. Closest monitor was 13.2 miles away from the city center.
Here: 4.7%
New York: 4.8%
The overall crime rate in Kiryas Joel is 11% lower than the national average.
For every 100,000 people, there are 7.22 daily crimes that occur in Kiryas Joel.
Kiryas Joel is safer than 44% of the cities in the United States.
In Kiryas Joel you have a 1 in 38 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
The number of total year over year crimes in Kiryas Joel has decreased by 6%.