Highland Park
Highland Park is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Red Mountain community, centered on Highland Avenue in Southside, at the base of the north slope of Red Mountain. Most of the neighborhood's residential areas were developed by the Elyton Land Company as a streetcar suburb offering estate-size lots above the smog of Jones Valley. The neighborhood's curvilinear streets and bowl-shaped parks take advantage of topography for both practical and aesthetic purposes.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | 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 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 15.8 | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 92.8% | 3 | Top | 3.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 18.9% | 3 | Top | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 0.8% | 3 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 27.3% | 4 | Top | 2.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.7% | 6 | Top | 5.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12 | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 33 | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 10.9% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 94.3% | 8 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 53.9% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 48.7% | 9 | Top | 3.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 1.8% | 9 | Top | 5.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 172 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 29.4% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.4 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 4.0% | 13 | Top | 5.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 67.7% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.9% | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 81.2% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 20.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.4 | 41 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.9% | 41 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 49.3 | 53 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.9% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14.4 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.3% | 62 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 97.0% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -16.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 33.4% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 8.8% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 7.7% | 88 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 71.5% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 19.1% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 78.8 | 78.8 |
| Population | 5,569 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 73.8 |