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Penfield Park

Penfield Park is a small neighborhood in Birmingham's Airport Hills community, north of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport between Airport Road, Lawson Road, Marshall Avenue and Tarrant-Huffman Road. The neighborhood is made up mainly of houses in the Penfield Heights subdivision. Rosalyn Heights was annexed into Birmingham in 1964 and the rest of the neighborhood was annexed along with the larger Airport Hills area in 1977. It abuts the Zion City and Brownsville Heights neighborhoods to the south, Brummitt Heights and Pine Knoll Vista to the west, Maple Grove to the north, and Roebuck to the east.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domain Indicator Value Ranksort descending Tier Indicator Weight
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
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
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
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 20.2% 1 Top 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 0.8% 1 Top 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 22.4% 5 Top 3.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 88.9% 5 Top 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 0.4 6 Top 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 3.8% 7 Top 5.00
Age of Housing Housing 64.6% 12 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health 12.5% 13 Top 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 27.4% 21 Top 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 33.7% 22 Top 1.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 2.6% 29 Top 1.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 11.6 30 Top 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 32.2% 30 Top 1.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 49.8 32 Top 4.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 86.0% 36 Middle 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 86.6% 36 Middle 1.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 9.9% 37 Middle 5.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 23.6% 40 Middle 3.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 34.3% 47 Middle 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 77.9% 48 Middle 3.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 99.6 57 Middle 4.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 22.2% 59 Middle 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 25.7 60 Middle 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 12.1% 67 Bottom 4.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 23.9% 69 Bottom 5.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.4 76 Bottom 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 58.3% 82 Bottom 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 0.7 89 Bottom 4.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 25 91 Bottom 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 20 91 Bottom 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 28.5% 95 Bottom 4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.4 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 25.2% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 73.4 78.8
Population 823 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.4 0.44
Park Quality 31.7
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