Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Crestline

Crestline is a neighborhood in the Crestline community of eastern Birmingham. It is located south of Montclair Road, bordering Mountain Brook and Birmingham's Eastwood neighborhood across Oporto-Madrid Boulevard to the east. Crestline Park is in the neighborhood, which also borders the Elder Street Nature Park along Shades Creek.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	0.1%	1	Top	5.00
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
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	6.9%	2	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	0.6%	2	Top	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	95.8%	6	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	89.3%	7	Top	3.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	24.8%	8	Top	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	41.7%	9	Top	2.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	1.8%	9	Top	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	52.6%	12	Top	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.7%	13	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	20.3	16	Top	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	23.2	16	Top	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	4.3%	17	Top	5.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	11.2%	20	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	9.3	20	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	0.0%	22	Top	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	79.9%	38	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	3.8	41	Middle	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	71.1%	42	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.1	44	Middle	4.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.9%	45	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	5.2	45	Middle	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	20.5%	47	Middle	3.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	92.4	53	Middle	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.5%	55	Middle	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	55.8%	58	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.3%	62	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	62	67	Bottom	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	28.2%	69	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	70.1%	78	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	33.7%	78	Bottom	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	74.1%	81	Bottom	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	1.6	83	Bottom	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	72.4%	86	Bottom	3.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	18.3	96	Bottom	4.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	2.9%	99	Bottom	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	11.1%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	79.4	78.8
Population	3,789	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44
Park Quality	57

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.