Graymont
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 103.1% | 97 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 64.7% | 96 | 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 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 7.7% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -21.6% | 88 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 18.1% | 84 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 23.9% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.7 | 76 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.1% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 138.1 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 13.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 43.1% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 12.2% | 51 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 58.6% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.7 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 16.6% | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.6 | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 77.8% | 43 | Middle | 2.00 |
| 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 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 85.6% | 37 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 9.7% | 35 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21.7 | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 74 | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 42.5 | 25 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.3% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.6% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 168 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.6% | 10 | Top | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 12.4 | 10 | Top | 4.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |