Roosevelt
Roosevelt (or Roosevelt-Cairo Village) is a neighborhood on the southwestern corner of Birmingham. From 1967 to 1988 it was incorporated as an independent municipality. After being annexed into Birmingham, it was made part of the city's neighboring Brownville community. The neighborhood adjoins West Brownville to the east and the cities of Midfield to the north, Brighton to the west, and Lipscomb to the south. It is divided by Valley Creek and includes the Cairo Village, Hudson Grove and Broadmoor subdivisions.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 6.0% | 89 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 2 | 82 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.6% | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 94.1 | 74 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 22.9% | 74 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.3 | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 26.6 | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 11.6% | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 52 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 32 | 72 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 89.5% | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 23.5% | 67 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 28.1% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 81.1% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 26.2% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 20.5% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.3% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 77.7% | 50 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 42.0% | 46 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -6.3% | 41 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 11.9% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 74.5 | 33 | Top | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 66.7% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 5.2% | 27 | Top | 5.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.5 | 26 | Top | 4.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 88.9% | 24 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 22.5% | 17 | Top | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 28.1% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 82.7% | 4 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.9 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 25.7% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 71.9 | 78.8 |
| Population | 1,589 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 78.8 |