Overall Ranking 79 of 99
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Airport Highlands

Airport Highlands is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Airport Hills community, located north of the east end of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. It abuts the North East Lake neighborhood across East Lake Boulevard to the south; the Zion City neighborhood across Zion City Road on the east; and Brownsville Heights across Airport Road to the west and 90th Place North on the north.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Business Retention Economic Health 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 24.3% 78 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 50.0% 69 Bottom 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 67.3% 92 Bottom 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 77.2% 53 Middle 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 0.0% 87 Bottom 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 8.1% 82 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 22.0% 16 Top 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 31.8% 29 Top 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 86.2% 41 Middle 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 4.6% 70 Bottom 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 30.8 95 Bottom 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 93.7% 92 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 44.3% 66 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 40.5% 98 Bottom 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 85.7 45 Middle 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 16.5% 28 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 0 1 Top 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 171.4 95 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 11.6 30 Top 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 0.1% 75 Bottom 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 0.0% 95 Bottom 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 34.3 67 Bottom 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.4 76 Bottom 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 95.6% 5 Top 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.0% 59 Middle 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 20.2% 36 Middle 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 27.8% 91 Bottom 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 41 80 Bottom 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 0.7 89 Bottom 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 4.1% 15 Top 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 32.0% 91 Bottom 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 13.0% 44 Middle 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.3 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 15.6% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 73.4 78.8
Population 70 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.3 0.44
Park Quality 0
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