Central Park
Central Park neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Five Points West community. It lies to the north of Village Creek and mainly south of Bessemer Road (U.S. Highway 11). Neighborhood landmarks include the Birmingham CrossPlex on the site of the former Alabama State Fairgrounds and the Five Points West Shopping Center to the northeast and Central Park in the southwest.
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 24.9% | 79 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 11.0% | 47 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 18.8% | 49 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 7.9 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 33.5% | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.9% | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 150 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 70.2% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 74.5 | 26 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 2 | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.2% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 97.6 | 78 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 20.4 | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 168.8 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 27.7% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.5 | 65 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 23.2% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 85.7% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.5% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.7% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 29.2 | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 53.3% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 80.3% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | 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 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 84.2% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 10.1% | 71 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 12.5% | 49 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 72.0% | 73 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -13.3% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 35.2% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 58.9% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 35.5% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 70.8 | 78.8 |
| Population | 3,902 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.1 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 81.7 |