Harriman Park
Harriman Park is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community. Largely surrounded by industrial activities including Vulcan Materials, Walter Minerals, and the CSX Railroad Transfer Station (Boyles Yard), this residential enclave was originally established as worker housing.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 28.0% | 97 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 65.3% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 167.6 | 94 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 94.2% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 17.3% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 2.8 | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.8% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 68.4% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 7.0% | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 2.8 | 88 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 19.4% | 88 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 31.0% | 88 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 35 | 86 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 49.1% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14.9 | 79 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.7% | 75 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -13.8% | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.5% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 23.6% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14.4 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 103.4 | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 44.3 | 59 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 17.2% | 59 | Middle | 5.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.9% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.8% | 54 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 83.6% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 5.5% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 24.9% | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 98.4% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.5% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 31.5% | 27 | Top | 3.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 9.3 | 14 | Top | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 20 | 13 | 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 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 57.2% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 69.4 | 78.8 |
| Population | 358 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 61.3 |