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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 Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -12.0% 65 Middle 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 44.5% 23 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 54.6% 61 Middle 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 17.2% 56 Middle 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 14.8% 29 Top 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 83.9% 22 Top 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 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
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 62.7% 31 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 3.4% 42 Middle 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 28.9 89 Bottom 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 40.9% 43 Middle 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 85.6% 44 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 14.7% 34 Middle 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 77.7% 33 Top 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 38.1% 44 Middle 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
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 12.3 7 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 13.6 54 Middle 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 110.1 61 Middle 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 9.8% 11 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 1.8 20 Top 4.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 17.6% 27 Top 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 0.0% 95 Bottom 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 28.8 80 Bottom 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.3 83 Bottom 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 83.3% 49 Middle 2.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 81.0% 63 Middle 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 3.9% 90 Bottom 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 25.7% 61 Middle 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 98 53 Middle 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 3.2 70 Bottom 4.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 11.8% 70 Bottom 4.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 0.4% 2 Top 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 0.7% 2 Top 5.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 6.5% 35 Middle 5.00

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
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