Think of your neighborhood’s report like a personal health assessment you receive from your doctor, that shows you which areas of your health to focus on.

NCI reports do the same thing for neighborhoods, highlighting the things in your neighborhood that are going well, and things that have room for improvement.

After you access your report use your results to start a conversation with your neighbors. Together, you get to decide which areas you want to address as a team, and which are your highest priorities. The Neighborhood Conditions Index provides neighborhoods, residents, and the City the opportunity to work more closely together to achieve common goals and strengthen all parts of our community.

• Overview: describes the program and provides a broad description and map of the Neighborhood Statistical Area. 
• Score Overview: describes main takeaways and identifies the area’s overall score, priority group, highlights assets and opportunities for improvement with the 3 top and bottom category scores. 
• Category Score: lists data points scores as grouped under the nine categories.  A citywide average score for each data point is provided for comparison. 
• Area Snapshot: provides information about the area’s composition including demographics, economic development, available public services, and lists the neighborhood groups. City average data is also provided for comparison. 
• Data Points Glossary: provides a description of the analysis conducted for each data point as grouped by the nine scored categories. It also includes a citywide map that shows all 80 Neighborhood Statistical Areas.

Neighborhood Statistical Areas can be compared at three different levels: 

Category Scores 

Each of the nine categories has a score from 0 to 5. The nine Category Scores are not an average of the associated data point values.  Additional weight is given to data points identified as priorities in the comprehensive plan.

 Area Scores 

The individual data points within each category have an unweighted score on a scale of 0 to 5 comparing each NSA to all the other NSAs in the city. The “Tulsa” column contains the average score for the whole city for each data point. A more detailed description of each data point is included in the Data Points Glossary.   

Overall Score  

The Overall Score on page 1 is a composite score based 50% on the neighborhood’s category scores and 50% based on equity data prioritizing vulnerable populations (identified with an asterisk* in the Area Snapshot on page 4).  

Individual data points within each category have an unweighted score comparing the NSA to all the NSAs in the city. The nine Category Scores are not an average of the associated data point values. Additional weight is given to data points identified as priorities in the comprehensive plan. 

The data points for each category were selected based on their relevance by chapter of the comprehensive plan. They can be interpreted as indicators or metrics used to measure the priorities stated in the goals, strategies, and actions of planitulsa, at a neighborhood scale.  

The level of analysis conducted for each data point and their selection was determined based on a process that included research, discussions with subject matter experts and City departments, and the consideration of the priorities outlined in planitulsa. As this is the first time that we release NCI, there is an opportunity to discuss with neighborhood residents and update the way we look at the data in the future. 

Providing access to a variety of uses and services is a priority to ensure prosperous communities. Walking 0.5 miles takes the average person about 10 minutes, therefore, having more households within a convenient 10-minute walk of such uses and services will facilitate opportunity access to more neighborhood residents throughout the city. 

The reports are planned to be updated every 2 years, however, minor updates may occur periodically based on feedback and to enhance usability.