Overton
Overton is a sprawling neighborhood comprising all of Birmingham's Cahaba community. It covers most of the territory annexed by the city in the Cahaba Valley and along the U.S. Highway 280 corridor. Much of the property is owned by the Birmingham Water Works and includes Lake Purdy. Development is largely commercial and multi-family.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.9 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 72.4% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 2.8% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 99.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 97.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.6 | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 12.7% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 4.0% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 17.7% | 2 | Top | 2.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 20.5% | 3 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 2.3% | 3 | Top | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 1.4% | 5 | Top | 5.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 1.0% | 6 | Top | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 2.0% | 12 | Top | 5.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 10.0% | 15 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 85.0% | 18 | Top | 3.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 36.2% | 22 | Top | 3.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 0.0% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 73.5% | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.6% | 46 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.7 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 24.7 | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 50.3 | 51 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 82.4% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.2% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.3% | 62 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.3 | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.2% | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 2.4 | 75 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.3 | 75 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 10.8% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.7 | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 56.0% | 86 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 37.6% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 229 | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 4.0% | 98 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 3 | 99 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 10.6% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 70.7 | 78.8 |
| Population | 2,888 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 31.7 |