Sun Valley
Sun Valley is a neighborhood in Birmingham's East Pinson Valley community. It occupies the area east of Echo Highlands and west of Center Point and Apple Valley. The campus of Jefferson State Community College is at the center of the neighborhood, which is crossed by Pinson Valley Parkway and Sunhill Road.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.9% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 28.9 | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.3 | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 28.8 | 80 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 11.8% | 70 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3.2 | 70 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -12.0% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 81.0% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 54.6% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.7% | 61 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 110.1 | 61 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 17.2% | 56 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.6 | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 98 | 53 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.3% | 49 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 85.6% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 38.1% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 40.9% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.4% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 6.5% | 35 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 14.7% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 77.7% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 62.7% | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 14.8% | 29 | Top | 3.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 17.6% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 44.5% | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 83.9% | 22 | Top | 3.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.8 | 20 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.8% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.3 | 7 | Top | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.4% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 0.7% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 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 | 24.7% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.7 | 78.8 |
| Population | 2,399 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 0 |