† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupKiryas JoelNew YorkUnited States
Irish22.0%10.5%9.4%
Italian20.5%10.9%4.8%
German15.0%8.6%12.5%
Hungarian10.5%——
American8.3%4.2%5.3%
English8.0%5.6%9.5%
Polish5.5%3.9%2.2%
Dutch1.8%——
Puerto Rican0.8%5.1%1.8%
Mexican0.5%2.5%11.3%
Dominican0.3%4.6%0.7%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Kiryas Joel
New York
United States
Median age
15.7
39.9
39.1
Age 18–24
15.9%
9.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
2.5%
18.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Kiryas Joel
New York
United States
Median household income
$50,032
$85,974
$84,427
Poverty rate
37.6%
14.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
5.7%
40.0%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Kiryas Joel
New York
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
92.8%
30.9%
22.3%
Spanish
2.8%
14.8%
13.6%
German or other West Germanic
89.0%
1.5%
0.5%
Religious landscape
Measure
Kiryas Joel
New York
United States
Catholic
—
30.8%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
5.1%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
48.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Kiryas Joel, New York
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
−82.2%
2008
−76.9%
2012
−12.3%
2016
−10.3%
2020
−97.3%
2024
−96.8%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
1.6%Harris140
98.4%Trump8,486
0.0%
R+96.8
D+0.6
R+95.3
8,626
R
1.3%Biden76
98.6%Trump5,948
0.1%
R+97.3
R+87.1
R+101.8
6,033
R
39.8%Clinton1,192
50.1%Trump1,499
10.1%
R+10.3
D+2.0
R+12.3
2,994
R
43.2%Obama1,672
55.4%Romney2,147
1.4%
R+12.3
D+64.6
R+16.1
3,873
R
11.1%Obama361
87.9%McCain2,866
1.0%
R+76.9
D+5.3
R+84.1
3,259
R
8.4%Kerry290
90.5%Bush3,142
1.1%
R+82.2
—
R+79.7
3,471
Kiryas Joel is a self-contained Satmar Hasidic community in Orange County whose cohesive religious leadership produces some of the most uniform voting patterns of any jurisdiction in the United States, making it a reliable bellwether for whichever candidate earns rabbinic endorsement.
Across the recorded series it reached a Republican high of 97.3 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Democratic candidate; the 2024 margin was 96.8 points.
A population of 38,916, a 96% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $50,032 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of New Square and Circleville.
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Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Kiryas Joel, New York voted Republican by 96.8 points (R+96.8), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 8,626 votes cast, 140 went Democratic and 8,486 went Republican.
How many people live in Kiryas Joel, New York?
Kiryas Joel, New York has a population of 38,916 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kiryas Joel, New York?
Median household income in Kiryas Joel, New York is $50,032 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Kiryas Joel, New York?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Kiryas Joel, New York from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 0 went Democratic and 6 went Republican.
