2020 census As of the
2020 census, Monsey had a population of 26,954. The median age was 15.7 years. 55.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 6.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 104.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 103.0 males age 18 and over. There were 5,002 households in Monsey, of which 69.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 84.2% were married-couple households, 6.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 8.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 6.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
Languages 43.98% speak
English at home, 41.48%
Yiddish, 6.88%
Hebrew, 2.69%
French or a
French creole, 1.85%
Spanish, and 1.24%
Russian.
Jewish community Monsey is a major center of
Orthodox Judaism in the United States, along with several other cities such as
Kiryas Joel,
Kaser,
Spring Valley, and
New Square. It is the largest center of
Hasidic Judaism in the U.S. outside New York City, with approximately 5,400 households (4.2% of the world's Hasidic population). The migration to Monsey began in the late 1940s when New York City's Orthodox Jews were seeking affordable real estate for their quickly growing communities. These spaces offered the possibility of moving en masse and establishing enclaves where they could lead lives based on
halakha (Jewish religious law) without coming into regular conflict with non-Orthodox neighbors. This represented a major, distinct suburban demographic shift for these communities. Major Hasidic sects represented in Monsey include
Satmar,
Vizhnitz Monsey,
Sanz and
Belz, with the
rebbes of
Berditchev,
Lizensk, Lizensk (Rokeah),
Nikolsburg, Sambor Yerushalayim-Monsey,
Sassov, Shinave,
Spinka Monsey, and
Stanislov sects residing in the community. On December 28, 2019, Monsey was the site of
a mass stabbing in the home of a Hasidic rebbe of the
Kosonyu sect who was hosting a
Hanukkah party, leaving four injured and one dead. ==Notable people==