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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 68.2% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 37.9% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 25 | 90 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 8.3% | 87 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 7.0% | 84 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.4 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.9% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 35 | 66 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 1.8% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.2 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 90.8% | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.2% | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.7% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 73.0% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 23.9 | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.9 | 31 | Top | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.5% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 41.8% | 20 | Top | 3.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 31.2% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 3.6% | 19 | Top | 5.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7 | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 13.3% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 44.3 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 55.1% | 8 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 38.5% | 7 | Top | 2.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 61.4% | 6 | 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 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 8.2% | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 95.2% | 2 | Top | 3.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 1.9% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 11.9% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 0.5% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 0.5% | 1 | Top | 5.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 0.4 | 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 |