Huffman
The Huffman neighborhood is a part of northeast Birmingham's Huffman community. The original community, known as Oak Grove, was founded by a group of settlers who traveled down the Georgia Road from Virginia and South Carolina in the early 1820's. The Alabama & Chattanooga Railroad began running through Jones Valley in the 1870s. Huffman, accessible through Sadler's Gap, was not a site for mining or manufacturing, but the overall growth of the area around Birmingham boosted the community. Huffman was annexed into Birmingham in 1954, and enjoyed improved services, followed by development of the Roebuck Plaza Shopping Center.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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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 |
School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 8.4% | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 93.2% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 2.0% | 11 | Top | 5.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 21.4% | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.9 | 15 | Top | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 2.9% | 16 | Top | 5.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.6 | 18 | Top | 4.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 26.8% | 18 | Top | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 54.6% | 18 | Top | 2.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 29.0% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 12.7% | 24 | Top | 1.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 68.1 | 24 | Top | 4.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.2% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.1% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 16.0% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 40.0% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 6.2% | 32 | Top | 5.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 36.1% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 27.4% | 34 | Middle | 3.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -6.0% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.2 | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 81.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 79.8% | 40 | Middle | 3.00 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.1 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 16.3% | 50 | Middle | 4.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 58.4% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 11.8% | 52 | Middle | 3.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 6 | 54 | Middle | 4.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 25.3 | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.4% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.0% | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 32.8 | 71 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.4 | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 31.6% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 56.8% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 31 | 87 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 0.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
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Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 18.0% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 74.5 | 78.8 |
Population | 4,859 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 59.9 |