Speaks English Well by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Speaks English Well across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Borough Park (43.5%). Lowest: Brooklyn Heights (2%). New York City avg: 10.5%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Speaks English Well (% of residents age 5+) · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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New York City citywide · Speaks English Well (% of residents age 5+) 10.5%
Highest neighborhood Borough Park: 43.5%
Lowest neighborhood Brooklyn Heights: 2%

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 2% 25th pct 6% Median 10% 75th pct 13% Max 44%

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

#1 Borough Park 43.5%+33.1 pts
#2 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 28.6%+18.1 pts
#3 Brighton Beach 27.9%+17.4 pts
#4 Sunset Park (Central) 23.1%+12.6 pts
#5 Flushing-Willets Point 21.8%+11.3 pts
#6 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 21.4%+11 pts
#7 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 20.9%+10.5 pts
#8 Gravesend (West) 20.9%+10.4 pts
#9 East Flushing 20.1%+9.6 pts
#10 Cypress Hills 20.1%+9.6 pts
#11 Mount Hope 19.7%+9.2 pts
#12 Elmhurst 19.5%+9 pts
#13 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 19.4%+9 pts
#14 College Point 19.4%+8.9 pts
#15 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 19.3%+8.8 pts
#16 Jackson Heights 19.1%+8.7 pts
#17 East Elmhurst 18.8%+8.3 pts
#18 Queensboro Hill 18.6%+8.1 pts
#19 Madison 18.4%+7.9 pts
#20 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 18.4%+7.9 pts
#21 Bensonhurst 18.2%+7.8 pts
#22 Gravesend (South) 18.1%+7.6 pts
#23 South Williamsburg 17.9%+7.4 pts
#24 Woodside 17.9%+7.4 pts
#25 Woodhaven 17.2%+6.7 pts
#26 Rego Park 17.2%+6.7 pts
#27 Highbridge 17.1%+6.6 pts
#28 Jamaica 17%+6.6 pts
#29 Auburndale 16.9%+6.4 pts
#30 Coney Island-Sea Gate 16.7%+6.3 pts
#31 North Corona 16.1%+5.6 pts
#32 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 16%+5.5 pts
#33 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 15.9%+5.4 pts
#34 Corona 15.6%+5.1 pts
#35 East New York-City Line 15.5%+5 pts
#36 Bellerose 15.2%+4.8 pts
#37 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 15.1%+4.6 pts
#38 Maspeth 15.1%+4.6 pts
#39 Sunnyside 15%+4.5 pts
#40 Bath Beach 14.9%+4.5 pts
#41 Westchester Square 14.8%+4.3 pts
#42 Ozone Park 14.8%+4.3 pts
#43 Ozone Park (North) 14.7%+4.3 pts
#44 Bayside 14.6%+4.1 pts
#45 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 14.4%+4 pts
#46 Midwood 14%+3.5 pts
#47 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 13.6%+3.1 pts
#48 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 13.6%+3.1 pts
#49 Dyker Heights 13.4%+3 pts
#50 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 13.2%+2.8 pts
#51 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 13.1%+2.6 pts
#52 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 13.1%+2.6 pts
#53 Richmond Hill 13%+2.6 pts
#54 Morris Park 13%+2.5 pts
#55 University Heights (North)-Fordham 12.9%+2.4 pts
#56 Glendale 12.8%+2.3 pts
#57 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 12.7%+2.3 pts
#58 Forest Hills 12.7%+2.2 pts
#59 Belmont 12.6%+2.2 pts
#60 Kew Gardens Hills 12.6%+2.1 pts
#61 Castle Hill-Unionport 12.6%+2.1 pts
#62 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 12.6%+2.1 pts
#63 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 12.6%+2.1 pts
#64 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 12.5%+2.1 pts
#65 Bedford Park 12.5%+2.1 pts
#66 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 12.5%+2.1 pts
#67 Parkchester 12.5%+2 pts
#68 Kew Gardens 12.4%+2 pts
#69 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 12.4%+2 pts
#70 Sunset Park (West) 12.3%+1.9 pts
#71 Fordham Heights 12.3%+1.9 pts
#72 Ridgewood 12.1%+1.7 pts
#73 Mott Haven-Port Morris 12.1%+1.7 pts
#74 Whitestone-Beechhurst 12%+1.6 pts
#75 Longwood 12%+1.5 pts
#76 Kensington 12%+1.5 pts
#77 Inwood 12%+1.5 pts
#78 Crotona Park East 11.9%+1.4 pts
#79 Concourse-Concourse Village 11.9%+1.4 pts
#80 South Richmond Hill 11.8%+1.3 pts
#81 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 11.8%+1.3 pts
#82 Allerton 11.7%+1.3 pts
#83 Middle Village 11.5%+1 pts
#84 East Harlem (South) 11.4%+0.9 pts
#85 Bay Terrace-Clearview 11.3%+0.8 pts
#86 Queens Village 11.3%+0.8 pts
#87 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 11.3%+0.8 pts
#88 Norwood 11.3%+0.8 pts
#89 Chinatown-Two Bridges 11.3%+0.8 pts
#90 Douglaston-Little Neck 11.1%+0.6 pts
#91 Morrisania 11%+0.6 pts
#92 New Dorp-Midland Beach 10.8%+0.4 pts
#93 East New York (North) 10.8%+0.3 pts
#94 Soundview-Clason Point 10.7%+0.3 pts
#95 Astoria (Central) 10.7%+0.2 pts
#96 Manhattanville-West Harlem 10.5%+0 pts
#97 Tremont 10.5%0 pts
#98 South Jamaica 10.5%-0 pts
#99 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 10.4%-0.1 pts
#100 Washington Heights (North) 10.3%-0.2 pts
#101 Melrose 10.2%-0.2 pts
#102 Bay Ridge 10.1%-0.4 pts
#103 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 10%-0.4 pts
#104 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 9.6%-0.9 pts
#105 Bushwick (West) 9.3%-1.2 pts
#106 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 9.3%-1.2 pts
#107 Washington Heights (South) 9.2%-1.3 pts
#108 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 9%-1.4 pts
#109 Pelham Gardens 8.9%-1.5 pts
#110 West Farms 8.9%-1.6 pts
#111 Morningside Heights 8.8%-1.7 pts
#112 Flatbush 8.7%-1.8 pts
#113 Port Richmond 8.7%-1.8 pts
#114 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 8.6%-1.9 pts
#115 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 8.6%-1.9 pts
#116 Hollis 8.6%-1.9 pts
#117 Hunts Point 8.6%-1.9 pts
#118 East New York-New Lots 8.1%-2.3 pts
#119 Williamsbridge-Olinville 8.1%-2.3 pts
#120 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 8%-2.5 pts
#121 Long Island City-Hunters Point 7.9%-2.6 pts
#122 Bushwick (East) 7.8%-2.6 pts
#123 East Williamsburg 7.6%-2.9 pts
#124 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 7.4%-3.1 pts
#125 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 7.4%-3.1 pts
#126 East Harlem (North) 7.2%-3.2 pts
#127 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 7.2%-3.3 pts
#128 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 7.2%-3.3 pts
#129 Oakwood-Richmondtown 7.1%-3.3 pts
#130 Flatlands 7.1%-3.4 pts
#131 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 6.9%-3.6 pts
#132 Williamsburg 6.9%-3.6 pts
#133 South Ozone Park 6.9%-3.6 pts
#134 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 6.8%-3.7 pts
#135 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 6.6%-3.9 pts
#136 Arden Heights-Rossville 6.6%-3.9 pts
#137 St. George-New Brighton 6.3%-4.2 pts
#138 Baisley Park 6.2%-4.2 pts
#139 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 6.2%-4.3 pts
#140 Canarsie 6.2%-4.3 pts
#141 Wakefield-Woodlawn 6.1%-4.3 pts
#142 Lower East Side 6.1%-4.4 pts
#143 Harlem (North) 6.1%-4.4 pts
#144 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 6%-4.5 pts
#145 East Flatbush-Farragut 6%-4.5 pts
#146 Great Kills-Eltingville 5.8%-4.6 pts
#147 East Flatbush-Erasmus 5.8%-4.7 pts
#148 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 5.7%-4.7 pts
#149 Clinton Hill 5.6%-4.8 pts
#150 Crown Heights (South) 5.5%-5 pts
#151 East Village 5.4%-5.1 pts
#152 Co-op City 5.4%-5.1 pts
#153 Ocean Hill 5.3%-5.2 pts
#154 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 5.1%-5.4 pts
#155 Rosedale 4.9%-5.5 pts
#156 Brownsville 4.9%-5.6 pts
#157 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 4.8%-5.6 pts
#158 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 4.8%-5.7 pts
#159 Hell's Kitchen 4.8%-5.7 pts
#160 Midtown-Times Square 4.7%-5.8 pts
#161 Harlem (South) 4.7%-5.8 pts
#162 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 4.5%-5.9 pts
#163 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 4.5%-5.9 pts
#164 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 4.5%-6 pts
#165 Tottenville-Charleston 4.5%-6 pts
#166 Spring Creek-Starrett City 4.5%-6 pts
#167 Greenpoint 4.2%-6.3 pts
#168 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 4.1%-6.3 pts
#169 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 4.1%-6.4 pts
#170 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 4.1%-6.4 pts
#171 Fort Greene 4.1%-6.4 pts
#172 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 4.1%-6.4 pts
#173 Upper East Side-Yorkville 4%-6.4 pts
#174 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 4%-6.5 pts
#175 St. Albans 3.9%-6.6 pts
#176 Laurelton 3.7%-6.7 pts
#177 Prospect Heights 3.6%-6.9 pts
#178 East Flatbush-Rugby 3.6%-6.9 pts
#179 Crown Heights (North) 3.5%-7 pts
#180 Financial District-Battery Park City 3.5%-7 pts
#181 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 3.5%-7 pts
#182 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 3.4%-7.1 pts
#183 Gramercy 3.4%-7.1 pts
#184 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 3.4%-7.1 pts
#185 Greenwich Village 3.2%-7.2 pts
#186 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 3.1%-7.4 pts
#187 Cambria Heights 3.1%-7.4 pts
#188 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 2.8%-7.6 pts
#189 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 2.8%-7.7 pts
#190 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 2.7%-7.8 pts
#191 Upper West Side (Central) 2.6%-7.8 pts
#192 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 2.6%-7.9 pts
#193 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 2.4%-8 pts
#194 Park Slope 2.4%-8.1 pts
#195 West Village 2.4%-8.1 pts
#196 Tribeca-Civic Center 2.3%-8.1 pts
#197 Brooklyn Heights 2%-8.5 pts
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