Located in the southwest corner of the city, Armatage neighborhood is bounded on the north by 54th Street West, on the east by Logan Avenue South, and on the south and west by the city limits at Highway 62 and Xerxes Avenue South. The neighborhood grew around the school named for Maude Armatage, a distinguished community leader. Armatage is built up with mostly single-family housing and some multifamily buildings. The neighborhood also has a park with a community center. The retail space in the neighborhood consists of individual neighborhood stores and is mostly located along Penn Avenue South. The great majority of housing was built between 1949 and 1969, while about 5 percent of the dwellings were built before World War II.
To learn more about the neighborhood association visit: www.armatage.org
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -1.1% | 65 | Bottom |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 11.9% | 14 | Top |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 70.5% | 6 | Top |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 5 | Top |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 97.6% | 17 | Top |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 64.7% | 21 | Top |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 10.3% | 46 | Middle |
| 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 | 4.4% | 10 | Top |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 74.1% | 17 | Top |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.7% | 48 | Middle |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 22.4 minutes | 46 | Middle |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 5.4% | 23 | Top |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 97.4% | 87 | Bottom |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | 0.7% | 5 | Top |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 17.5% | 4 | Top |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.5 | 1 | Top |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.1% | 5 | Top |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | 6.1% | 31 | Middle |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.8 | 5 | Top |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.7 | 23 | Top |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 27.1% | 57 | Middle |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 3.9% | 54 | Middle |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 41 | 74 | Bottom |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | - | - | Data N/A |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | -% | - | Data N/A |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 87.7% | 14 | Top |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 38.3% | 13 | Top |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 196.8 | 72 | Bottom |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 13.5% | 82 | Bottom |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 18.8% | 69 | Bottom |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 140.8 | 33 | Middle |
