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Riley

Riley is a neighborhood in the Southwest community of Birmingham. Originally called Travellick (also Trevillick), it was developed in 1888 as a community of low-cost worker's housing by the Beneficial Land and Improvement Company, headed by members of the Knights of Labor. The nearby community of Powderly was developed simultaneously and the communities were named for Richard Trevillick and Terence Powderly, two of the Knights' national leaders. he original Trevillick lots were 50 feet wide by 120 feet deep and were sold only to members in good standing. Lot owners received stock in the development company, which organized neighborhood businesses as cooperative ventures.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 22.8% 82 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 64.7% 35 Middle 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 3.1 90 Bottom 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -10.5% 58 Middle 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 72.9% 70 Bottom 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 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 9.2% 72 Bottom 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 7.7% 88 Bottom 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 100.0% 75 Bottom 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 45.4% 53 Middle 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 88.6% 25 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 2.0% 21 Top 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 24.3 45 Middle 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 88.7% 68 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 43.7% 65 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 26.1% 80 Bottom 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 32.1% 83 Bottom 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 4.1 43 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 97.3 77 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 18.4 86 Bottom 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 62.1 17 Top 4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 77.7% 72 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 2.2% 57 Middle 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 83.3% 49 Middle 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 78.5 17 Top 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 1 65 Middle 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.5% 47 Middle 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 91.5% 13 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 12.1% 67 Bottom 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 26.0% 64 Middle 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 100 51 Middle 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 4.7 51 Middle 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 16.6% 78 Bottom 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 21.0% 59 Middle 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 26.3% 83 Bottom 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.4 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 25.2% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 71 78.8
Population 954 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0 0.44
Park Quality 52.6
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