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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 71.5% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 7.7% | 88 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 8.8% | 82 | 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 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -16.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 97.0% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.3% | 62 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14.4 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.9% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 49.3 | 53 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.4 | 41 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.9% | 41 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 20.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 81.2% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.9% | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 67.7% | 27 | 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 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 29.4% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 172 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| 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 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 94.3% | 8 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 10.9% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.7% | 6 | Top | 5.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 27.3% | 4 | Top | 2.00 |
| 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 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 15.8 | 2 | 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 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 | 0.5 | 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 |