Miami 2024

Study Year

2024

Jewish 🏠 making sub $50k

23%

Jewish 🏠 struggling to make ends meet💰

26%

Jewish Community Services of South Florida Mishkan Miami: The Jewish Connection to Spiritual Support

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• Fourteen percent (14%) of Jewish households had difficulties paying for basic necessities during the past year, including food, housing, and medical care. Among Jewish households with children, 24% had difficulty paying for basic necessities, compared to 12% of Jewish households without children. Among financially struggling Jewish households, 46% had difficulty paying for basic necessities. • Twenty-six percent (26%) of Miami Jewish households are defined as financially “struggling.” (Four percent of Jewish households report they cannot make ends meet, and another 22% are just managing to make ends meet.) Thirty-six percent (36%) of Miami Jewish households report having “enough” money, 23% report having “extra” money, and 16% describe themselves as “well-off.”