Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Ensley community. Located in the west side of the City of Birmingham between Port Birmingham Road (Highway 269) and Adamsville-Ensley Road, it is adjacent to the Sherman Heights neighborhood and the unincorporerated communities of McDonald Chapel and Minor.
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 17.6% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 50.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 33.3% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 76.3% | 58 | Middle | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.0% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 17.5% | 22 | Top | 3.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 40.7% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 89.1% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.2% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 28.2 | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 85.6% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 28.6% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 1.2% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.4 | 3 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 48.7% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.8 | 41 | Middle | 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 | 73.9 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.8 | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 10.3% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 46.8 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.6% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.3% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 5.8% | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 29.0% | 99 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 53 | 72 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 6 | 33 | Top | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 4.9% | 19 | Top | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 28.4% | 84 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 8.6% | 33 | Top | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 16.2% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 68.3 | 78.8 |
| Population | 176 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 45.8 |