Ensley
Ensley is the part of Birmingham that built Birmingham, then watched the mills close and the money walk east. The Tuxedo Junction sign still hangs where Erskine Hawkins meant it. The bones are real: brick storefronts on 19th Street, the AME Zion churches, the bungalows that housed steelworkers when steel still meant something here. Honest tradeoff: a dating life in Ensley is a dating life run elsewhere. There are not many third places left, and the ones that exist are not really for dates. You come here for someone who already lives here, or to see what Birmingham was actually made of.
Ensley by the numbers
Ensley runs male-heavy, about 50% men to 50% women.
Median individual income in Ensley is about $24,600.
Alabama has no party registration, so this is a 2024 election proxy: Jefferson County voted about 54% Harris to 44% Trump, a Democratic island in deep-red Alabama.
The median renter in Ensley pays about $1,030 a month.
About 3,100 Ensley residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Helen
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Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens
Wheelchair access - EnsleyDrinks
The Onyx of Birmingham
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Wallace Lounge
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Q's Bar & Grill
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The Patio Bar and Grill
Outdoor seatingGood for groups - EnsleyDrinks
604 Bar and Lounge
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Sec Bar And Lounge