Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Enon Ridge

Enon Ridge is a neighborhood in the Smithfield community, on approximately 180 acres immediately northwest of "Malfunction Junction" and south of Village Creek and east of 1st Street North. Originally inhabited by black laborers, it became one of the prime residential neighborhoods for African-American professionals in the first half of the 20th century.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	212.8	98	Bottom	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	20.8%	93	Bottom	5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	32.8%	92	Bottom	5.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	33.8%	92	Bottom	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	12.5%	88	Bottom	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	83	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	42.2%	81	Bottom	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.0%	77	Bottom	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	89.6%	74	Bottom	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	97.5%	72	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	20.6%	70	Bottom	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	27.9%	66	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	75.3%	63	Middle	3.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	52.3%	62	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	6.8	60	Middle	4.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	4	59	Middle	4.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	60.0%	44	Middle	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	37.9%	42	Middle	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	61	42	Middle	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	24.1%	41	Middle	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	13.4%	41	Middle	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	98.4%	40	Middle	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	72.6	31	Top	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	148	25	Top	4.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	88.9%	24	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	0.0%	22	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	1.7%	16	Top	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.6%	15	Top	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	10.2%	15	Top	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.6%	15	Top	3.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	7.5	13	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	31.3%	9	Top	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	93.3%	9	Top	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	53.3%	8	Top	3.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	18.5	8	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
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0	1	Top	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.3	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	34.0%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	70	78.8
Population	591	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0	0.44
Park Quality	61.7

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.