Northrop is located in the southern part of the city and is bound from east to west by Cedar Avenue and Chicago Avenue and from north to south by 42nd Street and Minnehaha Parkway. As are many neighborhoods in Minneapolis, Northrop is named for its elementary school. Northrop Elementary takes its name from Cyrus Northrop, second president of the University of Minnesota. The neighborhood consists mainly of two-bedroom, pre-1940s stucco, brick and stone houses. It shares with Field, the neighborhood located to the west of Northrop, an active business hub at Chicago Avenue and 48th Street. Restaurants, banks, a theater and other services are located around this busy intersection.
Northrop, Regina and Field neighborhoods share a neighborhood association; to learn more visit: www.frnng.org
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 2.3% | 38 | Middle |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 14.4% | 19 | Top |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 64.4% | 15 | Top |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 97.9% | 14 | Top |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 71.5% | 15 | Top |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 2.6% | 31 | Middle |
| 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 | 12.4% | 33 | Middle |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 73.9% | 18 | Top |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.5% | 6 | Top |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21.7 minutes | 32 | Middle |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 6.2% | 34 | Middle |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 96.4% | 84 | Bottom |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | 2.9% | 29 | Top |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 22.1% | 19 | Top |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 32.3 | 19 | Top |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | 4.4% | 15 | Top |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 6.9 | 46 | Middle |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.8 | 30 | Middle |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 29.1% | 37 | Middle |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 6.4% | 38 | Middle |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 55 | 60 | Bottom |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | - | - | Data N/A |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.2% | 11 | Top |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 40.5% | 12 | Top |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 365 | 34 | Middle |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 20.9% | 66 | Bottom |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 18.6% | 66 | Bottom |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 139.8 | 36 | Middle |
