Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Enon Ridge

Enon Ridge is a neighborhood in the Smithfield community, on approximately 180 acres immediately northwest of "Malfunction Junction" and south of Village Creek and east of 1st Street North. Originally inhabited by black laborers, it became one of the prime residential neighborhoods for African-American professionals in the first half of the 20th century.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0	1	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	0.0%	22	Top	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	27.9%	66	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	60.0%	44	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	13.4%	41	Middle	3.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	75.3%	63	Middle	3.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.6%	15	Top	3.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	53.3%	8	Top	3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	12.5%	88	Bottom	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	97.5%	72	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	42.2%	81	Bottom	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	18.5	8	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	52.3%	62	Middle	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	93.3%	9	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	1.7%	16	Top	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	33.8%	92	Bottom	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	89.6%	74	Bottom	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	37.9%	42	Middle	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0	1	Top	4.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	212.8	98	Bottom	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	7.5	13	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	72.6	31	Top	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	10.2%	15	Top	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	6.8	60	Middle	4.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.0%	77	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	98.4%	40	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	83	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	61	42	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0	1	Top	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	88.9%	24	Top	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.6%	15	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	4	59	Middle	4.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	31.3%	9	Top	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	148	25	Top	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	24.1%	41	Middle	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	20.8%	93	Bottom	5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	32.8%	92	Bottom	5.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	20.6%	70	Bottom	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.3	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	34.0%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	70	78.8
Population	591	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0	0.44
Park Quality	61.7

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.