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Tarpley City

Tarpley City is a neighborhood in the Grasselli community of Birmingham. It lies between West Goldwire to the east and East Brownville and Grasselli Heights to the west on the north slope of Red Mountain, north of the Oxmoor neighborhood and south of the Jones Valley neighborhood. Originally one of a series of Red Mountain ore mining camps for employees of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company (TCI) in the Wenonah area, Wenonah Camp #10 (1880-1952) was located adjacent to West Goldwire and south of the current Wenonah High School. The camp later became known as Tarpley City.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 15.0% 96 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 44.4% 81 Bottom 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health 12.5% 13 Top 1.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 85.9% 1 Top 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 82.0% 34 Middle 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 43.4% 19 Top 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 6.0% 89 Bottom 3.00
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 68.8% 39 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 64.1% 83 Bottom 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 83.0% 60 Middle 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 5.3% 84 Bottom 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 25.3 56 Middle 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 37.1% 41 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 9.9% 14 Top 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 87.8% 65 Middle 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 26.2% 55 Middle 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 9.4 70 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 1 Top 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 37.6 23 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 12.8 49 Middle 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 117.4 65 Middle 4.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 36.3% 16 Top 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 80.0% 44 Middle 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 45 57 Middle 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.1 92 Bottom 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 75.5% 73 Bottom 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 7.5% 20 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 25.3% 23 Top 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 26.1% 67 Bottom 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 56 71 Bottom 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 6 33 Top 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 5.0% 20 Top 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 29.0% 86 Bottom 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 18.2% 62 Middle 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.6 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 40.4% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 73 78.8
Population 213 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.5 0.44
Park Quality 54.2
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