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Bancroft
The Bancroft neighborhood is located south of Powderhorn Lake, between 38th Street East to the north and 42nd Street East to the south, and between Chicago Avenue on the west and Cedar Avenue on the east. The neighborhood is named for the Bancroft elementary school, which was named for George Bancroft, an American historian born in 1800. The Bancroft neighborhood consists mostly of single-family houses built before 1940. The neighborhood also has some commercial development along Bloomington Avenue and 38th Street.
To learn more about the neighborhood association visit: www.bancroftneighborhood.org
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 1.1% | 53 | Middle |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 26.1% | 48 | Middle |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 55.8% | 37 | Middle |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 21.8% | 21 | Top |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 90.3% | 45 | Middle |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 43.1% | 52 | Middle |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 25.4% | 52 | Middle |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 75.1% | 15 | Top |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.3% | 22 | Top |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 24.1 minutes | 73 | Bottom |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 2.7% | 5 | Top |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 93.2% | 63 | Bottom |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | 6.1% | 62 | Bottom |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 30.5% | 52 | Middle |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 38 | 28 | Top |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 57.3% | 34 | Middle |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.1% | 42 | Middle |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 5.4 | 41 | Middle |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.2 | 39 | Middle |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 26.0% | 67 | Bottom |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 84 | Bottom |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 58 | 55 | Middle |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1 | 6 | Top |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 50.0% | 11 | Top |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.8% | 10 | Top |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 33.5% | 28 | Top |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 261 | 56 | Middle |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 29.1% | 43 | Middle |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 18.1% | 52 | Middle |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 108.3 | 62 | Bottom |
