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Forest Park

Forest Park is an historic residential neighborhood on the northern slope of Red Mountain, southeast of downtown Birmingham. The main residential neighborhoods were designed and developed by the Jemison Company beginning in 1906. In the Birmingham Community Participation Program, Forest Park is part of the Forest Park-South Avondale neighborhood in the Red Mountain community.

Indicator Details

Indicatorssort descending Primary Domain Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures Blight 8.4% 39 Middle 5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 53.4% 10 Top 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 99.5% 35 Middle 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 85.6% 16 Top 3.00
Age of Housing Housing 78.1% 34 Middle 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -13.4% 71 Bottom 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 19.9% 38 Middle 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 9.9% 77 Bottom 4.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 93.1% 13 Top 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 30.0% 14 Top 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 50.0% 13 Top 2.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 74.1% 80 Bottom 3.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 21.6% 10 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 4.6 4 Top 1.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 57.8% 52 Middle 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 1.2% 10 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 3.1 32 Top 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0.9 61 Middle 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 163 16 Top 4.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 36.4% 21 Top 3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 12.9% 92 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 29.7% 74 Bottom 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 22.2% 16 Top 1.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 22.8 15 Top 4.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 10.3% 62 Middle 3.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 74.5% 78 Bottom 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 0.5% 4 Top 5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 90.1% 63 Middle 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 10.5 13 Top 4.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 19.8 12 Top 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 1.6% 62 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 17.6% 40 Middle 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 90.4 52 Middle 4.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 1.6% 7 Top 5.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 7.4% 22 Top 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 69 34 Middle 4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Concentrated Poverty 26.2% 30.9%
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Life Expectancy 78.9 78.8
Park Quality 93.8
Population 4,249 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.5 0.44
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