Combined Speaks English Less Than Very Well by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Combined Speaks English Less Than Very Well across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Sunset Park (Central) (67.1%). Lowest: West Village (2.8%). New York City avg: 22.5%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Combined Speaks English Less Than Very Well (% of residents age 5+) · 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 · Combined Speaks English Less Than Very Well (% of residents age 5+) 22.5%
Highest neighborhood Sunset Park (Central): 67.1%
Lowest neighborhood West Village: 2.8%

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 3% 25th pct 11% Median 22% 75th pct 30% Max 67%

Neighborhood ranking: Combined Speaks English Less Than Very Well (% of residents age 5+) (2020–24)

#1 Sunset Park (Central) 67.1%+44.6 pts
#2 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 66.2%+43.7 pts
#3 Brighton Beach 62.7%+40.2 pts
#4 Flushing-Willets Point 61.8%+39.3 pts
#5 North Corona 58.7%+36.2 pts
#6 East Flushing 56.4%+33.9 pts
#7 Borough Park 53.1%+30.6 pts
#8 Queensboro Hill 51.6%+29.1 pts
#9 Gravesend (West) 50.6%+28.2 pts
#10 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 49.5%+27 pts
#11 Bensonhurst 48.8%+26.4 pts
#12 Corona 48.8%+26.3 pts
#13 Elmhurst 47.7%+25.2 pts
#14 Coney Island-Sea Gate 42.4%+20 pts
#15 Chinatown-Two Bridges 42.4%+19.9 pts
#16 Dyker Heights 41.8%+19.3 pts
#17 Jamaica 41.7%+19.2 pts
#18 College Point 41.2%+18.7 pts
#19 Mount Hope 41%+18.5 pts
#20 Woodside 40.8%+18.3 pts
#21 Jackson Heights 40.3%+17.8 pts
#22 Bath Beach 40.1%+17.7 pts
#23 Gravesend (South) 40.1%+17.6 pts
#24 Sunset Park (West) 39.7%+17.2 pts
#25 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 39.2%+16.7 pts
#26 Madison 38.7%+16.2 pts
#27 University Heights (North)-Fordham 38.2%+15.7 pts
#28 Fordham Heights 37.5%+15 pts
#29 East Elmhurst 37.1%+14.6 pts
#30 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 36.9%+14.4 pts
#31 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 36.8%+14.3 pts
#32 Bedford Park 36.4%+13.9 pts
#33 Norwood 36.4%+13.9 pts
#34 Woodhaven 36.2%+13.7 pts
#35 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 36.1%+13.7 pts
#36 Cypress Hills 35.7%+13.2 pts
#37 South Williamsburg 33.5%+11 pts
#38 Ozone Park (North) 33.3%+10.8 pts
#39 Auburndale 33.1%+10.6 pts
#40 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 32.5%+10 pts
#41 Inwood 32.5%+10 pts
#42 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 32.3%+9.9 pts
#43 Washington Heights (South) 32.1%+9.6 pts
#44 Rego Park 31.5%+9 pts
#45 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 31.4%+9 pts
#46 Highbridge 31.2%+8.7 pts
#47 Longwood 30.7%+8.2 pts
#48 Westchester Square 30.4%+7.9 pts
#49 Belmont 30.3%+7.8 pts
#50 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 30.3%+7.8 pts
#51 Bayside 30.2%+7.7 pts
#52 Sunnyside 30.1%+7.6 pts
#53 West Farms 29.8%+7.3 pts
#54 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 29.3%+6.8 pts
#55 Crotona Park East 29%+6.5 pts
#56 Ridgewood 29%+6.5 pts
#57 Mott Haven-Port Morris 28.7%+6.2 pts
#58 Maspeth 28.3%+5.8 pts
#59 Allerton 28.1%+5.6 pts
#60 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 28%+5.5 pts
#61 Midwood 27.8%+5.3 pts
#62 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 27.6%+5.1 pts
#63 Washington Heights (North) 27.3%+4.8 pts
#64 Castle Hill-Unionport 27.1%+4.6 pts
#65 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 27.1%+4.6 pts
#66 Ozone Park 26.9%+4.4 pts
#67 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 26.6%+4.1 pts
#68 Concourse-Concourse Village 26.6%+4.1 pts
#69 Melrose 26.5%+4.1 pts
#70 Tremont 26.4%+3.9 pts
#71 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 26.4%+3.9 pts
#72 Hunts Point 26%+3.5 pts
#73 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 25.9%+3.4 pts
#74 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 25.9%+3.4 pts
#75 Morrisania 25.8%+3.3 pts
#76 Kensington 25.5%+3 pts
#77 Parkchester 25.2%+2.7 pts
#78 South Jamaica 25%+2.6 pts
#79 Richmond Hill 24.9%+2.4 pts
#80 South Richmond Hill 24.9%+2.4 pts
#81 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 24.2%+1.7 pts
#82 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 23.9%+1.4 pts
#83 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 23.7%+1.2 pts
#84 Kew Gardens Hills 23.6%+1.1 pts
#85 Glendale 23.5%+1 pts
#86 East New York-City Line 23.5%+1 pts
#87 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 23.3%+0.8 pts
#88 Douglaston-Little Neck 23.1%+0.6 pts
#89 New Dorp-Midland Beach 23.1%+0.6 pts
#90 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 22.8%+0.3 pts
#91 Bellerose 22.7%+0.2 pts
#92 Lower East Side 22.7%+0.2 pts
#93 Whitestone-Beechhurst 22.4%-0.1 pts
#94 Soundview-Clason Point 22.4%-0.1 pts
#95 Forest Hills 22.3%-0.2 pts
#96 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 21.9%-0.6 pts
#97 Morris Park 21.8%-0.7 pts
#98 Kew Gardens 21.8%-0.7 pts
#99 Bay Terrace-Clearview 21.6%-0.9 pts
#100 Middle Village 21.3%-1.2 pts
#101 East Harlem (South) 21.2%-1.3 pts
#102 Queens Village 21%-1.5 pts
#103 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 20.8%-1.7 pts
#104 Manhattanville-West Harlem 20.7%-1.7 pts
#105 Bay Ridge 20.5%-1.9 pts
#106 Bushwick (West) 20.5%-2 pts
#107 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 19.4%-3 pts
#108 Astoria (Central) 19.1%-3.4 pts
#109 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 19%-3.5 pts
#110 East New York (North) 18.5%-4 pts
#111 East Williamsburg 18.4%-4.1 pts
#112 East Harlem (North) 18.3%-4.2 pts
#113 Bushwick (East) 17.8%-4.7 pts
#114 Pelham Gardens 17.2%-5.3 pts
#115 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 16.6%-5.9 pts
#116 Spring Creek-Starrett City 16.4%-6.1 pts
#117 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 16.3%-6.2 pts
#118 Hollis 16.3%-6.2 pts
#119 Port Richmond 16%-6.5 pts
#120 Flatbush 15.5%-7 pts
#121 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 15.4%-7.1 pts
#122 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 15.4%-7.1 pts
#123 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 15.2%-7.3 pts
#124 Williamsbridge-Olinville 15.1%-7.4 pts
#125 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 14.6%-7.9 pts
#126 Williamsburg 14.3%-8.2 pts
#127 South Ozone Park 14.2%-8.3 pts
#128 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 13.7%-8.8 pts
#129 Harlem (North) 13.4%-9.1 pts
#130 East Village 13.1%-9.4 pts
#131 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 12.9%-9.6 pts
#132 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 12.9%-9.6 pts
#133 East New York-New Lots 12.5%-10 pts
#134 Brownsville 12.3%-10.2 pts
#135 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 12.3%-10.2 pts
#136 Oakwood-Richmondtown 12.1%-10.4 pts
#137 St. George-New Brighton 11.9%-10.5 pts
#138 Morningside Heights 11.9%-10.6 pts
#139 Fort Greene 11.4%-11 pts
#140 East Flatbush-Erasmus 11.4%-11.1 pts
#141 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 11.4%-11.1 pts
#142 Baisley Park 11.4%-11.1 pts
#143 Long Island City-Hunters Point 11.3%-11.2 pts
#144 Flatlands 11.3%-11.2 pts
#145 Arden Heights-Rossville 11.1%-11.3 pts
#146 Great Kills-Eltingville 11.1%-11.4 pts
#147 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 10.9%-11.6 pts
#148 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 10.8%-11.7 pts
#149 Wakefield-Woodlawn 10.7%-11.8 pts
#150 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 10.7%-11.8 pts
#151 Greenpoint 10.2%-12.3 pts
#152 Ocean Hill 9.7%-12.7 pts
#153 Canarsie 9.6%-12.9 pts
#154 Rosedale 9.6%-12.9 pts
#155 Co-op City 9.4%-13.1 pts
#156 East Flatbush-Farragut 9.4%-13.1 pts
#157 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 9.1%-13.4 pts
#158 Crown Heights (South) 9.1%-13.4 pts
#159 Tottenville-Charleston 9.1%-13.4 pts
#160 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 8.9%-13.6 pts
#161 Hell's Kitchen 8.8%-13.6 pts
#162 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 8.8%-13.7 pts
#163 St. Albans 8.2%-14.3 pts
#164 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 7.9%-14.5 pts
#165 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 7.9%-14.6 pts
#166 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 7.7%-14.8 pts
#167 Clinton Hill 7.6%-14.9 pts
#168 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 7.5%-15 pts
#169 Harlem (South) 7.4%-15.1 pts
#170 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 7.4%-15.1 pts
#171 Tribeca-Civic Center 7.3%-15.2 pts
#172 Midtown-Times Square 7.1%-15.4 pts
#173 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 7%-15.5 pts
#174 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 6.9%-15.6 pts
#175 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 6.9%-15.6 pts
#176 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 6.8%-15.7 pts
#177 Financial District-Battery Park City 6.4%-16.1 pts
#178 Crown Heights (North) 6.3%-16.1 pts
#179 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 6.2%-16.2 pts
#180 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 6%-16.4 pts
#181 Upper East Side-Yorkville 6%-16.4 pts
#182 East Flatbush-Rugby 5.9%-16.6 pts
#183 Upper West Side (Central) 5.6%-16.9 pts
#184 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 5.6%-16.9 pts
#185 Laurelton 5.5%-17 pts
#186 Cambria Heights 5.4%-17.1 pts
#187 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 5.2%-17.3 pts
#188 Gramercy 4.9%-17.6 pts
#189 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 4.7%-17.8 pts
#190 Brooklyn Heights 4.6%-17.9 pts
#191 Prospect Heights 4.3%-18.2 pts
#192 Greenwich Village 3.9%-18.5 pts
#193 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 3.8%-18.6 pts
#194 Park Slope 3.8%-18.7 pts
#195 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 3.8%-18.7 pts
#196 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 3.8%-18.7 pts
#197 West Village 2.8%-19.7 pts
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