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Brownsville Heights

Brownsville Heights is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Airport Hills community, north of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and south of Tarrant-Huffman Road (Bethel Avenue). It abuts the Brummitt Heights and Penfield Park neighborhoods across Bethel Avenue to the north; the Zion City neighborhood to the east; and Airport Highlands across 90th Place North to the south.

Indicator Details

Indicatorssort ascending Primary Domain Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 27 86 Bottom 4.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.0% 59 Middle 1.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 12.6% 43 Middle 5.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 161.3 78 Bottom 4.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 39.9% 97 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 9.5% 37 Middle 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 30.7 94 Bottom 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 2.7 74 Bottom 4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 7.7% 12 Top 1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 42.0% 99 Bottom 5.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 95.5% 6 Top 1.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 17.6% 20 Top 3.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 142.5 92 Bottom 4.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 31.7% 28 Top 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 2.4% 78 Bottom 3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 39 84 Bottom 4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0 1 Top 4.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 15.2 80 Bottom 4.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 4.5% 67 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.3 83 Bottom 1.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 12.1 42 Middle 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 27.3% 90 Bottom 4.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 44.6% 68 Bottom 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 86.0% 42 Middle 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 19.9% 38 Middle 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 4.5% 3 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -40.0% 98 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 93.3% 91 Bottom 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 67.4% 91 Bottom 3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 0.0% 95 Bottom 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 41.1% 26 Top 1.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 3.9% 10 Top 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.3 0.44
Population 372 210,616
Park Quality 0
Life Expectancy 72.7 78.8
Income Inequality 0.3 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 16.1% 30.9%
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