Ensley
The Ensley neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Ensley community. It was founded in 1886 by Memphis entrepreneur, Enoch Ensley, as a new industrial city on the outskirts of a rapidly developing Birmingham and directly adjacent to the Pratt coal seam. Ensley was annexed into Birmingham in 1910 under the "Greater Birmingham" legislation.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 88.7% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 54.7% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 28.8% | 90 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 210.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.5% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 110 | 86 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.1% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 18.2 | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 76.8% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 8.3% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 31.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.4% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.7% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.3 | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 61.9% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 25.7% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.4% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 15.8% | 70 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.1 | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 23.8% | 68 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 11.8% | 68 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.3 | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.1 | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -10.8% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 84.6% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 21.1% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 77.4% | 53 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 98.8% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 23.9 | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 79.1% | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.6% | 30 | Top | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 67.1% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 22.8% | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 16.5% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 7.7 | 23 | Top | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83 | 5 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.8 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 198 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 43.3% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 69.2 | 78.8 |
| Population | 3,644 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.1 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 77.3 |