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East Avondale

East Avondale is a small neighborhood in the Woodlawn community of eastern Birmingham. It lies south of Division Avenue and 1st Avenue South, between the Forest Park, South Avondale and Crestwood North neighborhoods. Annexed into Birmingham in 1910, Avondale was originally a company town built around the Avondale Mills.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 15.2% 95 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 44.2% 82 Bottom 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -17.3% 78 Bottom 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 78.7% 46 Middle 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 72.4% 86 Bottom 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 25.8% 35 Middle 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 8.9% 73 Bottom 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 30.8% 95 Bottom 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 90.6% 65 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 29.0% 24 Top 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 92.8% 14 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 1.3% 11 Top 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 24.7 51 Middle 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 83.0% 46 Middle 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 29.8% 13 Top 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 20.1% 48 Middle 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 28.2% 69 Bottom 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 0.7 8 Top 4.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0 1 Top 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 46.4 28 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 10.6 26 Top 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 142.3 75 Bottom 4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 92.5% 51 Middle 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 0.5% 69 Bottom 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 66.7% 24 Top 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 78.5 17 Top 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.6 39 Middle 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 1.1 67 Bottom 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 6.2% 38 Middle 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 69.9% 92 Bottom 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 16.5% 49 Middle 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 23.7% 32 Top 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 110 46 Middle 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 8.2 19 Top 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 8.6% 40 Middle 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 11.7% 32 Top 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 17.0% 58 Middle 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 29.4% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 74.7 78.8
Population 949 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.6 0.44
Park Quality 57.9
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