Speaks English Not Well by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Speaks English Not Well across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Sunset Park (Central) (32.6%). Lowest: West Village (0.4%). New York City avg: 8.3%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Speaks English Not Well (% of residents age 5+) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Speaks English Not Well (% of residents age 5+) 8.3%
Highest neighborhood Sunset Park (Central): 32.6%
Lowest neighborhood West Village: 0.4%

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 0% 25th pct 3% Median 7% 75th pct 12% Max 33%

Neighborhood ranking: Speaks English Not Well (% of residents age 5+) (2020–24)

#1 Sunset Park (Central) 32.6%+24.3 pts
#2 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 30.5%+22.2 pts
#3 Brighton Beach 27.1%+18.8 pts
#4 Flushing-Willets Point 26.6%+18.3 pts
#5 North Corona 25.6%+17.3 pts
#6 East Flushing 24.4%+16.1 pts
#7 Coney Island-Sea Gate 21.8%+13.5 pts
#8 Queensboro Hill 21.7%+13.4 pts
#9 Bensonhurst 21.4%+13.1 pts
#10 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 21.2%+12.9 pts
#11 Jamaica 20.2%+11.9 pts
#12 Gravesend (West) 20.2%+11.9 pts
#13 Dyker Heights 18.9%+10.6 pts
#14 Elmhurst 18.9%+10.6 pts
#15 Corona 18.6%+10.3 pts
#16 Bath Beach 18%+9.7 pts
#17 Gravesend (South) 16.9%+8.6 pts
#18 University Heights (North)-Fordham 16.6%+8.3 pts
#19 College Point 16.2%+7.8 pts
#20 Chinatown-Two Bridges 15.7%+7.4 pts
#21 Norwood 15.3%+7 pts
#22 Ozone Park (North) 15%+6.7 pts
#23 Fordham Heights 14.7%+6.4 pts
#24 Bedford Park 14.7%+6.4 pts
#25 Madison 14.6%+6.3 pts
#26 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 14.6%+6.3 pts
#27 Sunset Park (West) 14.4%+6.1 pts
#28 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 14.2%+5.9 pts
#29 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 14.1%+5.8 pts
#30 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 13.9%+5.6 pts
#31 Woodhaven 13.8%+5.5 pts
#32 Ridgewood 13.6%+5.3 pts
#33 Mount Hope 13.5%+5.2 pts
#34 Hunts Point 13.4%+5.1 pts
#35 Jackson Heights 13.3%+5 pts
#36 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 13%+4.7 pts
#37 Washington Heights (South) 12.9%+4.6 pts
#38 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 12.7%+4.4 pts
#39 West Farms 12.6%+4.3 pts
#40 Cypress Hills 12.6%+4.3 pts
#41 Longwood 12.5%+4.2 pts
#42 East Elmhurst 12.3%+4 pts
#43 South Jamaica 12.2%+3.9 pts
#44 South Williamsburg 12.2%+3.9 pts
#45 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 12.2%+3.9 pts
#46 Melrose 12.2%+3.9 pts
#47 Allerton 11.9%+3.6 pts
#48 Auburndale 11.9%+3.5 pts
#49 Bayside 11.8%+3.5 pts
#50 Woodside 11.7%+3.3 pts
#51 Washington Heights (North) 11.3%+3 pts
#52 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 11.3%+2.9 pts
#53 Rego Park 11.3%+2.9 pts
#54 Morrisania 11%+2.7 pts
#55 Crotona Park East 11%+2.7 pts
#56 Midwood 10.9%+2.6 pts
#57 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 10.8%+2.5 pts
#58 Inwood 10.7%+2.4 pts
#59 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 10.7%+2.4 pts
#60 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 10.6%+2.3 pts
#61 Mott Haven-Port Morris 10.6%+2.3 pts
#62 South Richmond Hill 10.5%+2.2 pts
#63 Westchester Square 10.4%+2.1 pts
#64 Belmont 10.3%+2 pts
#65 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 9.9%+1.6 pts
#66 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 9.9%+1.6 pts
#67 Tremont 9.8%+1.5 pts
#68 Concourse-Concourse Village 9.7%+1.4 pts
#69 Maspeth 9.7%+1.4 pts
#70 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 9.7%+1.4 pts
#71 Castle Hill-Unionport 9.7%+1.4 pts
#72 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 9.7%+1.3 pts
#73 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 9.6%+1.3 pts
#74 Parkchester 9.4%+1.1 pts
#75 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 9.4%+1.1 pts
#76 Lower East Side 9.3%+1 pts
#77 Ozone Park 9.1%+0.8 pts
#78 Douglaston-Little Neck 9.1%+0.8 pts
#79 Richmond Hill 9%+0.7 pts
#80 Spring Creek-Starrett City 8.9%+0.6 pts
#81 Kensington 8.9%+0.6 pts
#82 Highbridge 8.8%+0.5 pts
#83 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 8.7%+0.4 pts
#84 Whitestone-Beechhurst 8.6%+0.3 pts
#85 Glendale 8.3%-0 pts
#86 Sunnyside 8.2%-0.1 pts
#87 East Harlem (North) 8.2%-0.1 pts
#88 Kew Gardens Hills 8%-0.3 pts
#89 Bay Ridge 7.7%-0.6 pts
#90 Bushwick (West) 7.6%-0.7 pts
#91 Middle Village 7.6%-0.7 pts
#92 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 7.6%-0.7 pts
#93 Queens Village 7.4%-0.9 pts
#94 Bushwick (East) 7.4%-0.9 pts
#95 New Dorp-Midland Beach 7.3%-1 pts
#96 Bay Terrace-Clearview 7.3%-1 pts
#97 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 7.3%-1.1 pts
#98 Soundview-Clason Point 7.2%-1.1 pts
#99 Borough Park 7.1%-1.2 pts
#100 East Harlem (South) 7%-1.3 pts
#101 Forest Hills 6.9%-1.4 pts
#102 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 6.7%-1.6 pts
#103 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 6.6%-1.7 pts
#104 East New York-City Line 6.6%-1.7 pts
#105 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 6.6%-1.7 pts
#106 Morris Park 6.4%-1.9 pts
#107 East Williamsburg 6.4%-2 pts
#108 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 6.2%-2.1 pts
#109 Manhattanville-West Harlem 6.1%-2.2 pts
#110 Astoria (Central) 6.1%-2.3 pts
#111 Port Richmond 6%-2.3 pts
#112 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 5.9%-2.4 pts
#113 Hollis 5.9%-2.4 pts
#114 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 5.8%-2.5 pts
#115 Pelham Gardens 5.8%-2.5 pts
#116 Kew Gardens 5.8%-2.6 pts
#117 Flatbush 5.7%-2.7 pts
#118 South Ozone Park 5.5%-2.8 pts
#119 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 5.4%-2.9 pts
#120 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 5.4%-2.9 pts
#121 Bellerose 5.4%-2.9 pts
#122 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 5.3%-3.1 pts
#123 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 5.1%-3.2 pts
#124 Williamsbridge-Olinville 5.1%-3.3 pts
#125 East Village 4.8%-3.5 pts
#126 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 4.6%-3.7 pts
#127 Harlem (North) 4.6%-3.7 pts
#128 East Flatbush-Erasmus 4.6%-3.7 pts
#129 East New York (North) 4.6%-3.7 pts
#130 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 4.6%-3.7 pts
#131 St. George-New Brighton 4.4%-3.9 pts
#132 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 4.4%-3.9 pts
#133 Brownsville 4.3%-4 pts
#134 Greenpoint 4.3%-4.1 pts
#135 Williamsburg 4.2%-4.1 pts
#136 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 4.2%-4.1 pts
#137 Great Kills-Eltingville 4.1%-4.2 pts
#138 Oakwood-Richmondtown 4%-4.3 pts
#139 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 4%-4.3 pts
#140 Baisley Park 3.9%-4.4 pts
#141 Wakefield-Woodlawn 3.8%-4.5 pts
#142 Tottenville-Charleston 3.7%-4.6 pts
#143 Fort Greene 3.6%-4.7 pts
#144 Flatlands 3.5%-4.8 pts
#145 Arden Heights-Rossville 3.4%-4.9 pts
#146 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 3.4%-4.9 pts
#147 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 3.4%-4.9 pts
#148 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 3.3%-5 pts
#149 Hell's Kitchen 3.3%-5 pts
#150 Rosedale 3.2%-5.1 pts
#151 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 3.2%-5.1 pts
#152 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 3.2%-5.1 pts
#153 St. Albans 3.2%-5.1 pts
#154 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 3.1%-5.3 pts
#155 East New York-New Lots 3%-5.3 pts
#156 East Flatbush-Farragut 3%-5.3 pts
#157 Ocean Hill 2.9%-5.4 pts
#158 Co-op City 2.9%-5.4 pts
#159 Crown Heights (South) 2.9%-5.5 pts
#160 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 2.8%-5.5 pts
#161 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 2.8%-5.5 pts
#162 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 2.7%-5.6 pts
#163 Tribeca-Civic Center 2.7%-5.6 pts
#164 Canarsie 2.6%-5.7 pts
#165 Long Island City-Hunters Point 2.5%-5.8 pts
#166 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 2.5%-5.9 pts
#167 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 2.4%-5.9 pts
#168 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 2.2%-6.1 pts
#169 Morningside Heights 2.2%-6.1 pts
#170 Crown Heights (North) 2.1%-6.2 pts
#171 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 2.1%-6.2 pts
#172 Harlem (South) 2.1%-6.2 pts
#173 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 2.1%-6.2 pts
#174 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 2.1%-6.2 pts
#175 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 2%-6.3 pts
#176 Upper West Side (Central) 2%-6.3 pts
#177 East Flatbush-Rugby 1.9%-6.4 pts
#178 Brooklyn Heights 1.8%-6.5 pts
#179 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 1.7%-6.6 pts
#180 Cambria Heights 1.7%-6.6 pts
#181 Midtown-Times Square 1.6%-6.7 pts
#182 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 1.6%-6.7 pts
#183 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 1.6%-6.7 pts
#184 Financial District-Battery Park City 1.4%-7 pts
#185 Upper East Side-Yorkville 1.3%-7 pts
#186 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 1.3%-7 pts
#187 Clinton Hill 1.3%-7 pts
#188 Laurelton 1.2%-7.1 pts
#189 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 1.1%-7.2 pts
#190 Park Slope 1.1%-7.2 pts
#191 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 1%-7.3 pts
#192 Gramercy 1%-7.4 pts
#193 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 0.8%-7.5 pts
#194 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 0.7%-7.6 pts
#195 Prospect Heights 0.7%-7.6 pts
#196 Greenwich Village 0.5%-7.9 pts
#197 West Village 0.4%-7.9 pts
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