Ability to speak English among different language groups spoken at home. Brattleboro Population of the study includes all persons 5 years and over. Ability to speak English "very well" by age, and rate of linguistically isolated households* is shown in the second table.
Ability to speak English by language spoken at home
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
7,873
100.0%
Speak only English
7,373
93.6%
Speak a language other than English
500
6.4%
Spanish
142
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
99
69.7%
Speak English "well"
36
25.4%
Speak English "not well"
7
4.9%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Other Indo-European languages
274
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
180
65.7%
Speak English "well"
66
24.1%
Speak English "not well"
25
9.1%
Speak English "not at all"
3
1.1%
Asian and Pacific Island languages
66
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
40
60.6%
Speak English "well"
13
19.7%
Speak English "not well"
13
19.7%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
All other languages
18
100.0%
Speak English "very well"
10
55.6%
Speak English "well"
8
44.4%
Speak English "not well"
0
0.0%
Speak English "not at all"
0
0.0%
Ability to speak English by age
Persons
Percent
Population 5 years and over
7,873
100.0%
Speak a language other than English
500
6.4%
5 to 17 years
43
0.5%
18 to 64 years
324
4.1%
65 years and over
133
1.7%
Speak English less than "very well"
171
2.2%
5 to 17 years
35
0.4%
18 to 64 years
102
1.3%
65 years and over
34
0.4%
Linguistically isolated households*
56
Population 5 years and over in households*
7,436
100.0%
In linguistically isolated households
125
1.7%
5 to 17 years
17
0.2%
18 to 64 years
79
1.1%
65 years and over
29
0.4%
* No member 14 years or older speaks English only or "very well"
