Native English Speaker or Speaks English Very Well by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Native English Speaker or Speaks English Very Well across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: West Village (97.2%). Lowest: Sunset Park (Central) (32.9%). New York City avg: 77.5%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Native English Speaker or Speaks English Very Well · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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2020–2024 5-year ACS estimate.

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New York City citywide · Native English Speaker or Speaks English Very Well 77.5%
Highest neighborhood West Village: 97.2%
Lowest neighborhood Sunset Park (Central): 32.9%

Universe: Total population · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 33% 25th pct 70% Median 78% 75th pct 89% Max 97%

Neighborhood ranking: Native English Speaker or Speaks English Very Well (2020–24)

#1 West Village 97.2%+19.7 pts
#2 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 96.2%+18.7 pts
#3 Park Slope 96.2%+18.7 pts
#4 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 96.2%+18.7 pts
#5 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 96.2%+18.6 pts
#6 Greenwich Village 96.1%+18.5 pts
#7 Prospect Heights 95.7%+18.2 pts
#8 Brooklyn Heights 95.4%+17.9 pts
#9 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 95.3%+17.8 pts
#10 Gramercy 95.1%+17.6 pts
#11 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 94.8%+17.3 pts
#12 Cambria Heights 94.6%+17 pts
#13 Laurelton 94.5%+17 pts
#14 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 94.4%+16.9 pts
#15 Upper West Side (Central) 94.4%+16.9 pts
#16 East Flatbush-Rugby 94.1%+16.6 pts
#17 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 94%+16.4 pts
#18 Upper East Side-Yorkville 94%+16.4 pts
#19 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 93.8%+16.2 pts
#20 Crown Heights (North) 93.7%+16.1 pts
#21 Financial District-Battery Park City 93.6%+16.1 pts
#22 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 93.2%+15.7 pts
#23 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 93.1%+15.6 pts
#24 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 93.1%+15.6 pts
#25 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 93%+15.5 pts
#26 Midtown-Times Square 92.9%+15.4 pts
#27 Tribeca-Civic Center 92.7%+15.2 pts
#28 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 92.6%+15.1 pts
#29 Harlem (South) 92.6%+15.1 pts
#30 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 92.5%+15 pts
#31 Clinton Hill 92.4%+14.9 pts
#32 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 92.3%+14.8 pts
#33 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 92.2%+14.6 pts
#34 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 92.1%+14.5 pts
#35 St. Albans 91.8%+14.3 pts
#36 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 91.2%+13.7 pts
#37 Hell's Kitchen 91.2%+13.6 pts
#38 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 91.1%+13.6 pts
#39 Tottenville-Charleston 90.9%+13.4 pts
#40 Crown Heights (South) 90.9%+13.4 pts
#41 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 90.9%+13.4 pts
#42 East Flatbush-Farragut 90.6%+13.1 pts
#43 Co-op City 90.6%+13.1 pts
#44 Rosedale 90.4%+12.9 pts
#45 Canarsie 90.4%+12.9 pts
#46 Ocean Hill 90.3%+12.7 pts
#47 Greenpoint 89.8%+12.3 pts
#48 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 89.4%+11.8 pts
#49 Wakefield-Woodlawn 89.3%+11.8 pts
#50 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 89.2%+11.7 pts
#51 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 89.1%+11.5 pts
#52 Great Kills-Eltingville 88.9%+11.4 pts
#53 Arden Heights-Rossville 88.9%+11.3 pts
#54 Flatlands 88.7%+11.2 pts
#55 Long Island City-Hunters Point 88.7%+11.2 pts
#56 Baisley Park 88.6%+11.1 pts
#57 East Flatbush-Erasmus 88.6%+11.1 pts
#58 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 88.6%+11.1 pts
#59 Fort Greene 88.6%+11 pts
#60 Morningside Heights 88.1%+10.6 pts
#61 St. George-New Brighton 88.1%+10.5 pts
#62 Oakwood-Richmondtown 87.9%+10.4 pts
#63 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 87.7%+10.2 pts
#64 Brownsville 87.7%+10.2 pts
#65 East New York-New Lots 87.5%+10 pts
#66 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 87.2%+9.6 pts
#67 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 87.1%+9.6 pts
#68 East Village 86.9%+9.4 pts
#69 Harlem (North) 86.6%+9.1 pts
#70 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 86.3%+8.8 pts
#71 South Ozone Park 85.8%+8.3 pts
#72 Williamsburg 85.7%+8.2 pts
#73 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 85.4%+7.9 pts
#74 Williamsbridge-Olinville 84.9%+7.4 pts
#75 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 84.8%+7.3 pts
#76 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 84.6%+7.1 pts
#77 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 84.6%+7.1 pts
#78 Flatbush 84.5%+7 pts
#79 Port Richmond 84%+6.5 pts
#80 Hollis 83.7%+6.2 pts
#81 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 83.7%+6.2 pts
#82 Spring Creek-Starrett City 83.6%+6.1 pts
#83 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 83.4%+5.9 pts
#84 Pelham Gardens 82.8%+5.3 pts
#85 Bushwick (East) 82.2%+4.7 pts
#86 East Harlem (North) 81.7%+4.2 pts
#87 East Williamsburg 81.7%+4.1 pts
#88 East New York (North) 81.5%+4 pts
#89 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 81%+3.5 pts
#90 Astoria (Central) 81%+3.4 pts
#91 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 80.6%+3 pts
#92 Bushwick (West) 79.5%+2 pts
#93 Bay Ridge 79.5%+2 pts
#94 Manhattanville-West Harlem 79.3%+1.7 pts
#95 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 79.2%+1.7 pts
#96 Queens Village 79.1%+1.5 pts
#97 East Harlem (South) 78.8%+1.3 pts
#98 Middle Village 78.7%+1.2 pts
#99 Bay Terrace-Clearview 78.4%+0.9 pts
#100 Kew Gardens 78.3%+0.7 pts
#101 Morris Park 78.2%+0.7 pts
#102 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 78.1%+0.6 pts
#103 Forest Hills 77.7%+0.2 pts
#104 Soundview-Clason Point 77.6%+0.1 pts
#105 Whitestone-Beechhurst 77.6%+0.1 pts
#106 Lower East Side 77.3%-0.2 pts
#107 Bellerose 77.3%-0.2 pts
#108 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 77.3%-0.3 pts
#109 Douglaston-Little Neck 77%-0.6 pts
#110 New Dorp-Midland Beach 77%-0.6 pts
#111 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 76.7%-0.8 pts
#112 East New York-City Line 76.5%-1 pts
#113 Glendale 76.5%-1 pts
#114 Kew Gardens Hills 76.4%-1.1 pts
#115 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 76.3%-1.2 pts
#116 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 76.1%-1.4 pts
#117 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 75.8%-1.7 pts
#118 South Richmond Hill 75.1%-2.4 pts
#119 Richmond Hill 75.1%-2.4 pts
#120 South Jamaica 75%-2.6 pts
#121 Parkchester 74.8%-2.7 pts
#122 Kensington 74.5%-3 pts
#123 Morrisania 74.2%-3.3 pts
#124 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 74.1%-3.4 pts
#125 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 74.1%-3.4 pts
#126 Hunts Point 74%-3.5 pts
#127 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 73.6%-3.9 pts
#128 Tremont 73.6%-4 pts
#129 Melrose 73.5%-4.1 pts
#130 Concourse-Concourse Village 73.4%-4.1 pts
#131 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 73.4%-4.1 pts
#132 Ozone Park 73.1%-4.4 pts
#133 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 72.9%-4.6 pts
#134 Castle Hill-Unionport 72.9%-4.6 pts
#135 Washington Heights (North) 72.7%-4.8 pts
#136 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 72.4%-5.1 pts
#137 Midwood 72.3%-5.3 pts
#138 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 72%-5.5 pts
#139 Allerton 71.9%-5.6 pts
#140 Maspeth 71.7%-5.8 pts
#141 Mott Haven-Port Morris 71.3%-6.2 pts
#142 Ridgewood 71%-6.5 pts
#143 Crotona Park East 71%-6.5 pts
#144 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 70.7%-6.8 pts
#145 West Farms 70.2%-7.3 pts
#146 Sunnyside 69.9%-7.6 pts
#147 Bayside 69.8%-7.7 pts
#148 Belmont 69.7%-7.8 pts
#149 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 69.7%-7.8 pts
#150 Westchester Square 69.6%-8 pts
#151 Longwood 69.3%-8.2 pts
#152 Highbridge 68.9%-8.7 pts
#153 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 68.6%-9 pts
#154 Rego Park 68.5%-9 pts
#155 Washington Heights (South) 67.9%-9.6 pts
#156 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 67.7%-9.9 pts
#157 Inwood 67.5%-10 pts
#158 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 67.5%-10 pts
#159 Auburndale 66.9%-10.6 pts
#160 Ozone Park (North) 66.7%-10.8 pts
#161 South Williamsburg 66.5%-11 pts
#162 Cypress Hills 64.3%-13.2 pts
#163 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 63.9%-13.7 pts
#164 Woodhaven 63.8%-13.7 pts
#165 Norwood 63.6%-13.9 pts
#166 Bedford Park 63.6%-13.9 pts
#167 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 63.2%-14.3 pts
#168 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 63.1%-14.4 pts
#169 East Elmhurst 63%-14.6 pts
#170 Fordham Heights 62.5%-15 pts
#171 University Heights (North)-Fordham 61.8%-15.7 pts
#172 Madison 61.3%-16.2 pts
#173 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 60.8%-16.7 pts
#174 Sunset Park (West) 60.3%-17.2 pts
#175 Gravesend (South) 59.9%-17.6 pts
#176 Bath Beach 59.9%-17.7 pts
#177 Jackson Heights 59.7%-17.8 pts
#178 Woodside 59.2%-18.3 pts
#179 Mount Hope 59.1%-18.5 pts
#180 College Point 58.8%-18.7 pts
#181 Jamaica 58.3%-19.2 pts
#182 Dyker Heights 58.2%-19.3 pts
#183 Chinatown-Two Bridges 57.7%-19.9 pts
#184 Coney Island-Sea Gate 57.6%-20 pts
#185 Elmhurst 52.3%-25.2 pts
#186 Corona 51.2%-26.3 pts
#187 Bensonhurst 51.2%-26.4 pts
#188 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 50.5%-27 pts
#189 Gravesend (West) 49.4%-28.2 pts
#190 Queensboro Hill 48.4%-29.1 pts
#191 Borough Park 47%-30.6 pts
#192 East Flushing 43.6%-33.9 pts
#193 North Corona 41.4%-36.2 pts
#194 Flushing-Willets Point 38.2%-39.3 pts
#195 Brighton Beach 37.3%-40.2 pts
#196 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 33.8%-43.7 pts
#197 Sunset Park (Central) 32.9%-44.6 pts
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