Graymont is a neighborhood in the Smithfield community centered around Graymont Avenue south of Legion Field. The neighborhood was originally a subdivision granted to Lucy Smith Gray by her father, Joseph Riley Smith, and is named in her honor. The Graymont neighborhood lies between College Hills across 8th Avenue West to the north, Smithfield across Center Street to the east, Arlington-West End across Valley Creek to the south, and Rising-West Princeton and Bush Hills across Princeton Parkway to the west. Legion Field anchors McLendon Park, which stretches across the northern half of the neighborhood. The Elyton Village housing project occupies most of the southeast quarter.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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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 |
Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 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 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.6% | 10 | Top | 4.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 12.4 | 10 | Top | 4.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 168 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.6% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.3% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 42.5 | 25 | Top | 4.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 74 | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21.7 | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 9.7% | 35 | Middle | 5.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 85.6% | 37 | Middle | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 16.8% | 39 | Middle | 5.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 17.4% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 77.8% | 43 | Middle | 2.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 16.6% | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.6 | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 58.6% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.7 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 12.2% | 51 | Middle | 3.00 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 43.1% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 13.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 138.1 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.1% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.7 | 76 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 23.9% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 18.1% | 84 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -21.6% | 88 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 7.7% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 94.3% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 65.7% | 95 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 4 | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 64.7% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 103.1% | 97 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
---|---|---|
Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 65.6% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 70.3 | 78.8 |
Population | 1,484 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.1 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 92.4 |