Sun Valley
Sun Valley is a neighborhood in Birmingham's East Pinson Valley community. It occupies the area east of Echo Highlands and west of Center Point and Apple Valley. The campus of Jefferson State Community College is at the center of the neighborhood, which is crossed by Pinson Valley Parkway and Sunhill Road.
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 |
| 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 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.4% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 0.7% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.3 | 7 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.8% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.8 | 20 | Top | 4.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 83.9% | 22 | Top | 3.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 44.5% | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 17.6% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 14.8% | 29 | Top | 3.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 62.7% | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 77.7% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 14.7% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 6.5% | 35 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.4% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 40.9% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 85.6% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 38.1% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.3% | 49 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 98 | 53 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.6 | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 17.2% | 56 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 110.1 | 61 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 54.6% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.7% | 61 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 81.0% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -12.0% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3.2 | 70 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 11.8% | 70 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 28.8 | 80 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.3 | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 28.9 | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.9% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 24.7% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.7 | 78.8 |
| Population | 2,399 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 0 |