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Brownsville Heights

Brownsville Heights is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Airport Hills community, north of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and south of Tarrant-Huffman Road (Bethel Avenue). It abuts the Brummitt Heights and Penfield Park neighborhoods across Bethel Avenue to the north; the Zion City neighborhood to the east; and Airport Highlands across 90th Place North to the south.

Indicator Details

Indicatorssort descending Primary Domain Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures Blight 3.9% 10 Top 5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 41.1% 26 Top 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 0.0% 95 Bottom 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 67.4% 91 Bottom 3.00
Age of Housing Housing 93.3% 91 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -40.0% 98 Bottom 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 4.5% 3 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 19.9% 38 Middle 4.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 86.0% 42 Middle 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 44.6% 68 Bottom 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 27.3% 90 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 12.1 42 Middle 1.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.3 83 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 4.5% 67 Bottom 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 15.2 80 Bottom 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
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
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 39 84 Bottom 4.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 2.4% 78 Bottom 3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 31.7% 28 Top 1.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 142.5 92 Bottom 4.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 17.6% 20 Top 3.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 95.5% 6 Top 1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 42.0% 99 Bottom 5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 7.7% 12 Top 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 2.7 74 Bottom 4.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 30.7 94 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 9.5% 37 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 39.9% 97 Bottom 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 161.3 78 Bottom 4.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 12.6% 43 Middle 5.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.0% 59 Middle 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 27 86 Bottom 4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Concentrated Poverty 16.1% 30.9%
Income Inequality 0.3 0.49
Life Expectancy 72.7 78.8
Park Quality 0
Population 372 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.3 0.44
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