Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

East Lake

The East Lake neighborhood is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. It occupies the large area southeast of 1st Avenue North from Wahouma, southwest of Oporto-Madrid Boulevard from South East Lake, west of London Avenue from Brown Springs, and north of South Woodlawn and Gate City. East Lake emerged as a neighboring incorporated area to Birmingham. It was annexed into Birmingham in 1910.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	19.8%	89	Bottom	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	203.3	88	Bottom	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	72.4%	86	Bottom	3.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-16.7%	76	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	92.2	72	Bottom	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	9.8%	71	Bottom	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	78.0%	71	Bottom	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	4.7%	71	Bottom	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	44.6%	68	Bottom	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.3	67	Bottom	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	28.1%	67	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	86.4%	65	Middle	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	20.8%	58	Middle	5.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	21.9%	57	Middle	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	30.2%	57	Middle	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	15.4%	55	Middle	5.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	15.2%	54	Middle	4.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	6	54	Middle	4.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	77.7%	50	Middle	3.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.0%	49	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	43	Middle	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	85.9%	43	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.4	42	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	24	42	Middle	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	24.1%	41	Middle	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	38.9%	40	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	63.1%	36	Middle	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.5%	32	Top	1.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	137	32	Top	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	54.4%	28	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	10.7	27	Top	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	74.6%	27	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	7.6	24	Top	4.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	62.5%	23	Top	2.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	76.3	21	Top	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	48.6%	10	Top	3.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	26.2%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	71.6	78.8
Population	2,569	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.2	0.44
Park Quality	74.4

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.