Grasselli Heights
Grasselli Heights is a neighborhood in the Grasselli community of Birmingham. It was developed originally as a residential neighborhood for managers at the Grasselli Chemical Company plant nearby. The neighborhood is bounded to the north by tracks owned by the Seaboard System Railroad, which separates it from the Western Steel Fabricators plant in unincorporated Jefferson County and from Birmingham's Riley-Travellick neighborhood. On the east and northeast the neighborhood is separated from Tarpley City by 37th Street Southwest, Rutledge Avenue and Wilson Road Southwest. Lawson State Community College and Wenonah High School are located just north of Grasselli Heights on Wilson Road.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 46.1 | 99 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 5.0% | 97 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 68.5% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 18.5% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.2 | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 6.0% | 89 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.2 | 88 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.0% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 69.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 91.9% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 20.2% | 69 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.7% | 61 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 44.8 | 58 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 83.3% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 26.2% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 73.2 | 53 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 19.6% | 52 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.7 | 51 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 42.1% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 111 | 45 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.5% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.5 | 38 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 35.6% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 5.1% | 22 | Top | 5.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 11.1% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 7.9% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 80.0% | 10 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 36.6 | 9 | Top | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 6.5% | 3 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 96.1% | 3 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 34.8% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 71 | 78.8 |
| Population | 847 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 45.8 |