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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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