Hawthorne is located in north Minneapolis in the city's Near North community. The neighborhood is bounded by the Mississippi River on the east and Emerson Avenue on the west; Broadway Avenue is the southern extent and Lowry Avenue is the neighborhood's northern boundary. The Hawthorne neighborhood is named after the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, born in 1804. Hawthorne is mostly a residential neighborhood with single-family houses. Hawthorne Gateway is located in Farview Park. The work of Norman Andersen and Katherine Schaefer, this artwork's shape is based on a tower that used to stand on the park's hill. Large copper animals are perched atop the tower's columns.
To learn more about the neighborhood association visit: www.hawthorneneighborhoodcouncil.org
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 0.6% | 55 | Middle |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 49.2% | 80 | Bottom |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 46.3% | 65 | Bottom |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 17.6% | 25 | Top |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 73.0% | 77 | Bottom |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 23.0% | 77 | Bottom |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 22.1% | 59 | Bottom |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 18.6% | 68 | Bottom |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 87.6% | 82 | Bottom |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 76.1% | 73 | Bottom |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 100.0% | 87 | Bottom |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 44.1% | 83 | Bottom |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 8.1% | 67 | Bottom |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27 minutes | 86 | Bottom |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 12.3% | 70 | Bottom |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 75.9% | 19 | Top |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | 12.9% | 78 | Bottom |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 53.8% | 85 | Bottom |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 123.1 | 80 | Bottom |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 44.1% | 25 | Top |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.9% | 77 | Bottom |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 22.2 | 69 | Bottom |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.6 | 82 | Bottom |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 28.4% | 44 | Middle |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 4.7% | 48 | Middle |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 64 | 40 | Middle |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.8 | 58 | Middle |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 25.0% | 1 | Top |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 75.6% | 55 | Middle |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 15.5% | 73 | Bottom |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 299.7 | 43 | Middle |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 34.1% | 32 | Middle |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 17.0% | 44 | Middle |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 131.4 | 43 | Middle |
