Oak Ridge Park
Oak Ridge Park is a small neighborhood in the Woodlawn community of eastern Birmingham. It lies between I-20 and U.S. Highway 78, east of Crestwood North and west of Gate City and Eastwood. It includes the Harris Homes housing project and The Park Alloa Apartments, and is near the former Century 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 |
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 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | 28.6% | 8 | Top | 1.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 0.1% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.2 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 7.7% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 22.1 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 60.0% | 22 | Top | 2.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 83.8% | 23 | Top | 3.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 34.6% | 23 | Top | 3.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 25.0% | 24 | Top | 1.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21 | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.5 | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.8% | 35 | Middle | 4.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.8% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 16.7% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 34.8% | 46 | Middle | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 83.2% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 44.2% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 25.5% | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.7 | 51 | Middle | 4.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.1% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 82.0% | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 13.2% | 58 | Middle | 4.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 12.5% | 61 | Middle | 5.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 65 | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 50.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 26.3% | 72 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.4% | 76 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 159.1 | 77 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 78.0% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.7 | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 27.5 | 82 | Bottom | 4.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 28.1% | 87 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 52.4% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 34.3% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
---|---|---|
Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 39.8% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 75.4 | 78.8 |
Population | 1,716 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 18.1 |