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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 1.9% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 3.6% | 19 | Top | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 0.5% | 1 | Top | 5.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 8.3% | 87 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.2% | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 25 | 90 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.2 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.7% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 68.2% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 38.5% | 7 | Top | 2.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 35 | 66 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.4 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 90.8% | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 55.1% | 8 | Top | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.9% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.9 | 31 | Top | 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 | 11.8 | 5 | Top | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7 | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 44.3 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 11.9% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 31.2% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.5% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 8.2% | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 96.2% | 5 | Top | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 0.5% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 23.9 | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| 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 | 1.8% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 73.0% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 95.2% | 2 | Top | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 41.8% | 20 | Top | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 7.0% | 84 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 61.4% | 6 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 37.9% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 13.3% | 12 | Top | 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 |