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Jones Valley

The Jones Valley neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. It is named for the larger Jones Valley in which Birmingham was developed. Jones Valley hosted the earliest pioneer settlements in what would later be called the Birmingham District. The homestead established in 1813 by John Jones at Fort Jonesboro gave the valley its name.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 27.9% 66 Middle 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 57.9% 51 Middle 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 1.2 66 Middle 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -7.3% 44 Middle 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 81.0% 36 Middle 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 1.3% 82 Bottom 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 8.4% 76 Bottom 3.00
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
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 90.4% 64 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 32.4% 32 Top 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 82.0% 64 Middle 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 5.3% 84 Bottom 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 24.9 54 Middle 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 92.9% 89 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 41.9% 56 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 30.8% 89 Bottom 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 34.3% 90 Bottom 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 4.4 45 Middle 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 1 Top 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 109 85 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 20.3 91 Bottom 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 80.1 43 Middle 4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 87.7% 62 Middle 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 10.9% 35 Middle 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 70.5 33 Top 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0.6 53 Middle 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.2% 55 Middle 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 82.0% 54 Middle 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 23.4% 26 Top 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 25.6% 58 Middle 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 89 54 Middle 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 5.7 39 Middle 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 16.1% 73 Bottom 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 20.0% 54 Middle 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 19.6% 67 Bottom 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.4 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 21.1% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 70 78.8
Population 1,661 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0 0.44
Park Quality 89.6
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