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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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

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.