Garden Highlands
Located in the Jones Valley area, Garden Highlands is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. Adjacent neighborhoods include Oxmoor, Powderly, Jones Valley, and Industrial Center. The neighborhood consists primarily of industrial activities with relatively few residential properties.
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -9.5% | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 36.4% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 36.8% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 6.0% | 89 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 84.0% | 21 | Top | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 43.7% | 17 | Top | 3.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 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 | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 63.3% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.6% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 24.4 | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 10.5% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 83.8% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 36.6% | 35 | Middle | 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 | 55.3 | 35 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.5 | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 46.1 | 12 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 25.7% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.5 | 16 | Top | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 43.1% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 27.3 | 83 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 66.7% | 24 | Top | 2.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 73.7% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.3% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 6.7 | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 25.4% | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.2% | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 17 | 92 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 4.8% | 18 | Top | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 27.4% | 79 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 6.8% | 26 | Top | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.6 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 39.6% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.4 | 78.8 |
| Population | 216 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.2 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 76.3 |