Neighborhoods Vital 15 Statistics Report

[Kevin Favorite]

Has anyone taken a deep dive into the neighborhood statistics report recently published by the Baltimore  Neighborhoods Indicator  Alliance. 2015 data and some nice  interactive  charts you can use to compare neighborhoods. My neighborhood is  Washington Village/ Pigtown and I would have to say I was pretty  surprised by the numbers  since I must  be oblivious to whats going on there. So here is some rankings for  Pigtown my  great neighborhood.. Is it  wrong I have pretty  high hopes for this place and it seems like a really nice location (conveniences to everwhere).

I am interested if anyone can glean some particular insight from the  rental affordability  index. Is that an indicator of somekind when over 60% of renters are paying more than 30% of income on rent?

http://bniajfi.org/vital_signs/

This data is based on 2010-2015 and looking at changes from 2014-2015

Washington Village /Pigtown

Population

5th Lowest neighborhood Total Population

5th lowest neighborhoodMale Population

3rd lowest neighborhoodfemale population

Tied for First Lowest neighborhood Population identifying their self as other race

4th lowest neighborhood populating earning 24-40k a year

2nd Highest affordability index for rent - tenants paying more than 30% of total household income

3rd highest number of housing vouchers per 1000 rental units

3rd highest mortality rate (death)

3rd highest for Part 1 Crime ( Homicide, rape, robbery, assault, burglery larceny, auto theft

4th highest for violent Crime

3rd highest for property crime

2nd highest for rate of adult arrests

1st highest for rate of domestic violence

2nd highest for rate of common assault

2nd highest for rate of narcotics related calls

2nd highest of rate for motor vehicle accident calls

3rd highest for jevenile arrest rate

3rd highest for residents that work outside of Baltimore

5th highest for reports of dirty streets

2nd highest for reports of clogged storm drains

[Mark Moyer]

Pigtown is a good microcosm for Baltimore as a whole.  It's very diverse in every sense (ethnicity, income, education, etc).  You can buy a home in east Pigtown for 375k or you can buy a shell 3 blocks further west for 28k.  

Crime statistics are hard to comprehend.  In a transitioning neighborhood like Pigtown, there will be more crime reporting than in a severely depressed area like Harlem Park.  In some Baltimore neighborhoods, people don't call the cops when bad things happen.  It's the same with 311 calls and complaints about garbage.  So statistics wise, an area like Pigtown could look like a very rough area but in reality it may be a more desirable place than other neighborhoods. 

Do your homework.  Talk to the locals.  I lived in the neighborhood for 7 years so I know it well!