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Wenonah

The Wenonah neighborhood is located on the southern edge of Minneapolis. Highway 62 is the southern border and 54th Street is its northern extent. Beyond the main southern border, a small piece of the neighborhood extends into Richfield. The neighborhood is bordered by Cedar Avenue and Lake Nokomis on the west and 34th Avenue on the east. Wenonah neighborhood is named after Hiawatha's mother, the daughter of Nokomis, from a legend that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow attributes to Ojibwe people in his poem, The Song of Hiawatha. Before 1900 the neighborhood was a major American Indian center. The majority of the existing single-family homes were built between the 1920s and the 1960s. A large reason for the development in Wenonah during this time was the availability of streetcar routes and rail lines that date back to 1865. Today, Wenonah is part of the Nokomis community and the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association (NENA). NENA encompasses a total of four neighborhoods, including Keewaydin, Minnehaha and Morris Park. Public and shopping amenities abound for Wenonah and the NENA neighborhoods with parks, lakes, a post office, a library and shops either in Wenonah or other NENA neighborhoods.

Wenonah, Minnehaha, Keewaydin and Morris Park neighborhoods share a neighborhood association; to learn more visit: http://www.nokomiseast.org

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domain Indicator Value Ranksort descending Tier
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics - - Data N/A
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards -% - Data N/A
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics - - Data N/A
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A
Vacancy Rates Housing 1.7% 1 Top
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 69.8% 7 Top
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety 1.3 8 Top
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 24.8 10 Top
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 50.0% 11 Top
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 36.6% 14 Top
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing 1.5% 14 Top
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 48.0% 15 Top
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 86.6% 16 Top
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 1.9 17 Top
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 14.5% 18 Top
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 2.9% 32 Middle
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 26.4% 35 Middle
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 5.8% 44 Middle
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 19.4% 44 Middle
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 24.1% 44 Middle
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 5.5% 45 Middle
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 24.5% 47 Middle
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 86.5% 52 Middle
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 66.8% 53 Middle
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 119.7 53 Middle
Age of Housing Housing 92.3% 59 Bottom
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety 10.0% 59 Bottom
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 37.2% 59 Bottom
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 23.3 minutes 60 Bottom
Commute Mode Share Transportation 21.4% 64 Bottom
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 18.6% 66 Bottom
Transit Accessibility Transportation 207.2 67 Bottom
Tree Cover Natural Areas 25.5% 76 Bottom
Business Retention Economic Health -5.7% 83 Bottom
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