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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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

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.