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