Tarpley City
Tarpley City is a neighborhood in the Grasselli community of Birmingham. It lies between West Goldwire to the east and East Brownville and Grasselli Heights to the west on the north slope of Red Mountain, north of the Oxmoor neighborhood and south of the Jones Valley neighborhood. Originally one of a series of Red Mountain ore mining camps for employees of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company (TCI) in the Wenonah area, Wenonah Camp #10 (1880-1952) was located adjacent to West Goldwire and south of the current Wenonah High School. The camp later became known as Tarpley City.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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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 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 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 |
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 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | 12.5% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 9.9% | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 36.3% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 43.4% | 19 | Top | 3.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 7.5% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 5.0% | 20 | Top | 5.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 37.6 | 23 | Top | 4.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 25.3% | 23 | Top | 4.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 6 | 33 | Top | 4.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 82.0% | 34 | Middle | 3.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 68.8% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 37.1% | 41 | Middle | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 80.0% | 44 | Middle | 2.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.8 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 26.2% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 25.3 | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 45 | 57 | Middle | 4.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 83.0% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 18.2% | 62 | Middle | 5.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 117.4 | 65 | Middle | 4.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 87.8% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.1% | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.4 | 70 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 56 | 71 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 75.5% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 44.4% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 64.1% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.3% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 29.0% | 86 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 6.0% | 89 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.1 | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 15.0% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
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Income Inequality | 0.6 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 40.4% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 73 | 78.8 |
Population | 213 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 54.2 |