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 Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 34.3 | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.0% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.0% | 44 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 85.7 | 45 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 40.5% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.1% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 30.8 | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 0.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 22.0% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 32.0% | 91 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 95.6% | 5 | Top | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.1% | 82 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 171.4 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 31.8% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.0% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 41 | 80 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.6% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 50.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.4 | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.6 | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 27.8% | 91 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 77.2% | 53 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 44.3% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 86.2% | 41 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 20.2% | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 16.5% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 93.7% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 67.3% | 92 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 24.3% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 4.1% | 15 | Top | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| Population | 70 | 210,616 |
| Park Quality | 0 | |
| Life Expectancy | 73.4 | 78.8 |
| Income Inequality | 0.3 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 15.6% | 30.9% |