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Abbeville, AL (Shorterville/Union)


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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Birmingham, AL (Grayson Valley) Birmingham, AL (Crestview Hills), Birmingham, AL (East Irondale/Holiday Gardens), Birmingham, AL (Forest Park/Redmont Park), Birmingham, AL (Glencoe), Birmingham, AL (Lake Purdy), Birmingham, AL (Overton/Brentwood Hills (subdivision)), Birmingham, AL (Roebuck/Oakville), Birmingham, AL (Springdale/Crestline Park), Leeds, AL (Grants Mill), Mountain Brook, AL (City Center/Birmingham U School)

| NEIGHBORHOOD COST | DETAILS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $166,200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | very high cost relative to AL, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEIGHBORHOOD LOOK, FEEL, & CHARACTER |
DETAILS |
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density) |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Rowhouses & attached homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, some Small apartment buildings, a few Mobile homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mostly Owner occupied |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 7 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Sales & Service workers, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Black, some Italian ancestry, some East Asian |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some Spanish speaking |
| SCHOOLS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD | GRADES |
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| There are no schools physically located in this neighborhood. | |
35,834 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
4 |
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| Better than: of AL school districts |
38.8% |
DISTRICT RATING![]() COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
2 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
13.5% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM![]() |
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| 15 |
| STATE AVERAGE 13 |
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| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 60.9 | 59.4 |
| BLACK (%) | 35.9 | 36.0 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 2.5 | 2.8 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | 0.4 | 1.0 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.1 | 0.8 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 37.5 | 51.6 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $4,350 | $155,861,000 | 51.2 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $307 | $11,015,000 | 3.6 |
| STAFF | $304 | $10,902,000 | 3.6 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $134 | $4,793,000 | 1.6 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $505 | $18,093,000 | 5.9 |
| OPERATION | $605 | $21,690,000 | 7.1 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $392 | $14,031,000 | 4.6 |
| OTHER | $151 | $5,417,000 | 1.8 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $2,398 | $85,941,000 | 28.2 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $1,750 | $62,709,000 | 20.6 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $8,498 | $304,511,000 | 100.0 |
NEIGHBORHOOD EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT ![]() |
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| ADULTS IN NEIGHBORHOOD WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 22.9 |
| CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 6.4 |
Neighborhood Crime Data
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| Grayson Valley | Birmingham | Alabama |
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| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
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| REPORTED TOTAL | 59 | 240 | 1,369 | 1,593 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.24 | 0.99 | 5.63 | 6.55 |
| MURDER | RAPE | ROBBERY | ASSAULT | |
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| REPORTED TOTAL | 16,692 | 93,934 | 417,122 | 862,947 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 0.06 | 0.32 | 1.41 | 2.91 |
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| Grayson Valley | Birmingham | Alabama |
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| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
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| REPORTED TOTAL | 5,156 | 11,970 | 2,351 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 21.21 | 49.25 | 9.67 |
| BURGLARY | THEFT | MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT | |
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| REPORTED TOTAL | 2,154,126 | 6,776,807 | 1,235,226 |
| RATE PER 1,000 | 7.27 | 22.86 | 4.17 |
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| Grayson Valley | Birmingham | Alabama |
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Birmingham, AL Appreciation Rates (city-wide) |
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO AL* |
COMPARED TO AMERICA* |
| Since 1990 | 106.80%
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5.62%
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2 | 3 |
| Last 10 Years | 43.03%
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4.30%
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1 | 2 |
| Last 5 Years | 19.50%
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3.90%
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1 | 3 |
| Last 2 Years | 2.52%
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1.26%
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1 | 5 |
| Last 12 Months | 0.10%
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0.10%
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2 | 5 |
| Latest Quarter | 0.75%
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3.00%
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7 | 6 |
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