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Hooper City

Hooper City is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community which stretches along the northern edges of the city on either side of Coalburg Road west of I-65 between the City of Fultondale and the Jefferson County Forestdale community. The neighborhood borders Fairmont to the southeast, Acipco-Finley and Thomas to the south, and Smithfield Estates to the west. Much of the neighborhood is undeveloped, with no schools or public buildings within its borders.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Payday Loans Economic Health 3 89 Bottom 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -2.8% 33 Top 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 60.1% 7 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 40.0% 88 Bottom 1.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 1.1% 84 Bottom 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 14.7% 36 Middle 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 70.8% 83 Bottom 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.9% 14 Top 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 3.9% 75 Bottom 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
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 69.3% 40 Middle 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 1.7% 16 Top 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 25.9 63 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 63.6% 81 Bottom 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 82.6% 62 Middle 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 41.4% 53 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 25.6% 77 Bottom 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 90.7% 81 Bottom 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
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 36.6 94 Bottom 4.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0.5 81 Bottom 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 190.6 97 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 10.1 25 Top 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 122.8 67 Bottom 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 24.6% 49 Middle 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 60.8% 7 Top 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 87.5% 64 Middle 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 42.9% 11 Top 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 33.8 68 Bottom 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 88.1% 27 Top 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 4.9% 63 Middle 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 28.0% 92 Bottom 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 8 97 Bottom 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 2.4 75 Bottom 4.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 15.4% 53 Middle 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 11.4% 50 Middle 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 31.3% 90 Bottom 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 22.4% 72 Bottom 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.4 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 25.9% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 72.1 78.8
Population 664 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.2 0.44
Park Quality 60.8
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