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WACHOVIA REGIONAL FOUNDATION LONG-TERM NEIGHBORHOOD INDICATORS

Housing
  • Number/percent of residential buildings classified as vacant
  • Number/percent of buildings w/housing violations
  • Percent of housing units that are owner occupied
  • Median sale price - housing
  • Average number days house stays on the market
  • Municipality property tax rolls
  • Foreclosure Rate
  • Eviction Rate
Economic Development
  • Percent of families living below poverty level
    • Measured by census
    • Measured by percent elementary school children participating in federal school meal program
  • Median household income
  • Number of new "positive" businesses in area; number nuisance businesses closed
  • Number of New jobs in area
  • Percent of population 16 - 64 (unemployment rate)
  • Number/percent of businesses more than 4 years old
  • Total retail sales in neighborhood
  • Increase in municipality’s income tax base
  • Neighborhood Retail Commercial Vacancy Rate
Neighborhood Building Crime Rates: Violent Crime and Nuisance Crime Rates Survey - Community attitude:
  • Cleanliness
  • Safety
  • Sense of belonging
  • Community improvement
  • Participation in community events
Services to Children and Families Survey - Residents view:
  • Adequacy and accessibility of necessary social support
Dollars Invested in Neighborhood
  • Public
  • Private