Forest Park
Forest Park is an historic residential neighborhood on the northern slope of Red Mountain, southeast of downtown Birmingham. The main residential neighborhoods were designed and developed by the Jemison Company beginning in 1906. In the Birmingham Community Participation Program, Forest Park is part of the Forest Park-South Avondale neighborhood in the Red Mountain community.
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -13.4% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 53.4% | 10 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 57.8% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 36.4% | 21 | Top | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.3% | 62 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 85.6% | 16 | Top | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 74.1% | 80 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 12.9% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 29.7% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 90.1% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 1.2% | 10 | Top | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 19.8 | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 22.2% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 93.1% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 30.0% | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 17.6% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 78.1% | 34 | Middle | 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 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.1 | 32 | Top | 4.00 |
| 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 | 22.8 | 15 | Top | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 4.6 | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 90.4 | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.9% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 1.6% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 99.5% | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 50.0% | 13 | Top | 2.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 69 | 34 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.9 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.5% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 7.4% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.6% | 10 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 163 | 16 | Top | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 10.5 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 9.9% | 77 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.4% | 39 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.5% | 4 | Top | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 1.6% | 7 | Top | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 26.2% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 78.9 | 78.8 |
| Population | 4,249 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 93.8 |