Industrial Center
Industrial Center is a neighborhood in the Grasselli community of Birmingham. It is adjacent to Lawson State Community College and the industrial activities of Marathon Petroleum, Shell Oil, and Allied Energy. Much of the residential land consists of Birmingham Public Housing (Kimbrough) property.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 6.9% | 99 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 38.1% | 96 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 18.3 | 96 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 94.1% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 6.1% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 71.0% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 6.0% | 89 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 73.2% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 82.8% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 26.2% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.2% | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 4.5% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.6% | 50 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 107 | 48 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 38.2% | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 60.0% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 23.9 | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12 | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 76.2 | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 82.3% | 32 | Top | 3.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.8% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 5.1% | 22 | Top | 5.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 8.7 | 17 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 28.3% | 15 | Top | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 44.3% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 9.7% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 25.0% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.3 | 7 | Top | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 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 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.6 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 43.3% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.3 | 78.8 |
| Population | 814 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 61.5 |