Belview Heights
Belview Heights is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Five Points West community. It was first developed in 1910 by the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company as a residential district for the families of supervisors at its steel plant in Corey.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 4.5% | 99 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 39.7% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.9 | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 46.9% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 2.1 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 26.7 | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.2 | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 13.3% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 1.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 88.7% | 68 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 13.2% | 67 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.2 | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.6% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.2 | 61 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 76.7 | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.0% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -10.0% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 92.4 | 53 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 20.4% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 38.3% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 16.8% | 46 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 9.9% | 45 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 84.9% | 41 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 86.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 24.0% | 38 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 33.3% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 65.1% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 7.9% | 30 | Top | 5.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 40.8% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 9.0% | 27 | Top | 5.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 75.5 | 24 | Top | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 70.4% | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 84.7% | 19 | Top | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 169 | 12 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 19.6% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 70.2 | 78.8 |
| Population | 4,801 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.1 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 26.1 |