Oxmoor
The Oxmoor neighborhood (known as the Sand Ridge neighborhood until 2006) is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. The large, sparsely-populated area borders the cities of Homewood, Hoover, Bessemer and Lipscomb on the southwestern edge of the city limits, south of Red Mountain. It is traversed by Lakeshore Parkway, Shannon-Wenonah Road (Venice Road), Wenonah-Oxmoor Road (Sydney Drive), and Shannon-Oxmoor Road. North of the ridge of Red Mountain, Oxmoor is bounded by the Powderly, Mason City and Garden Highlands neighborhoods of the Southwest community, and by the West Goldwire and Tarpley City neighborhoods of the Grasselli community. It is divided by the administrative border between the Birmingham Division and Bessemer Cut-Off of Jefferson County.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 11.9% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 0.5% | 1 | Top | 5.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 0.5% | 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 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 95.2% | 2 | Top | 3.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 1.9% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 8.2% | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 96.2% | 5 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.8 | 5 | Top | 4.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 61.4% | 6 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 38.5% | 7 | Top | 2.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 55.1% | 8 | Top | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 44.3 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 13.3% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7 | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 31.2% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 3.6% | 19 | Top | 5.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 41.8% | 20 | Top | 3.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.5% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.9 | 31 | Top | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 23.9 | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.7% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 73.0% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.2% | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 90.8% | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.2 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 1.8% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 35 | 66 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.9% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.4 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 7.0% | 84 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 8.3% | 87 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 25 | 90 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 37.9% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 68.2% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 16.2% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 75.9 | 78.8 |
| Population | 5,079 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 71.8 |