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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 84 | Bottom |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 24.1 minutes | 73 | Bottom |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 26.0% | 67 | Bottom |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 93.2% | 63 | Bottom |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | 6.1% | 62 | Bottom |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 108.3 | 62 | Bottom |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 261 | 56 | Middle |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 58 | 55 | Middle |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 1.1% | 53 | Middle |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 25.4% | 52 | Middle |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 30.5% | 52 | Middle |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 18.1% | 52 | Middle |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 43.1% | 52 | Middle |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 26.1% | 48 | Middle |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 90.3% | 45 | Middle |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 29.1% | 43 | 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 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 55.8% | 37 | Middle |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 57.3% | 34 | Middle |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 38 | 28 | Top |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 33.5% | 28 | Top |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.3% | 22 | Top |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 21.8% | 21 | Top |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 75.1% | 15 | Top |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 50.0% | 11 | Top |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.8% | 10 | Top |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1 | 6 | Top |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 2.7% | 5 | Top |
| 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 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
