Sherman Heights
Sherman Heights is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Ensley community. It abuts the neighborhoods of Ensley, Oak Ridge, and Wylam and is adjacent to the unincorporated communities of Minor and McDonald Chapel. It extends through western Jefferson County to the Walker County line encompassing Port Birmingham on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 28.8% | 98 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 9 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 37.0% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 141 | 91 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 25.6 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27.7 | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 1.2% | 83 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 46.2% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 9.1% | 82 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 59.0% | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3 | 71 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 75.2% | 64 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 43 | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 57.1% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 45.3% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.8 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.3% | 47 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 82.3% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 17.4% | 40 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.2% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -4.6% | 37 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 86.9% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 69.2% | 32 | Top | 2.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 34.8% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.9% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 42.9% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 44.9% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 89.4% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 5.0% | 20 | Top | 5.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 17.8% | 18 | Top | 3.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 36.3 | 8 | Top | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 7.6% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 70.7% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 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 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 21.1% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 64.4 | 78.8 |
| Population | 468 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 50.8 |