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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -4.6% | 37 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 44.9% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 57.1% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 75.2% | 64 | 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 | 1.2% | 83 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 17.8% | 18 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 | 46.2% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 42.9% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 45.3% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 86.9% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.2% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27.7 | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 82.3% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 34.8% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 7.6% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 141 | 91 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.8 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 36.3 | 8 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 37.0% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 25.6 | 89 | Bottom | 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 | 0.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 70.7% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 59.0% | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 69.2% | 32 | Top | 2.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 43 | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 89.4% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.9% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3 | 71 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 9.1% | 82 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 28.8% | 98 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 9 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 5.0% | 20 | Top | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 17.4% | 40 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.3% | 47 | Middle | 5.00 |
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 |