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Five Points South

The Five Points South neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southside community. Originally founded as the Town of Highland in 1887, this neighborhood is one of Birmingham's first street car lined suburbs. It was annexed into Birmingham in 1893.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 63.3% 4 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 54.9% 59 Middle 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0.2 35 Middle 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -4.4% 36 Middle 1.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 78.4% 46 Middle 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 88.0% 8 Top 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 15.5% 59 Middle 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 22.1% 7 Top 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 3.0% 73 Bottom 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
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 98.5% 74 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 1.1% 56 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 14.2% 9 Top 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 89.4% 20 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 2.7% 33 Top 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 17 3 Top 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 69.4% 17 Top 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 39.0% 48 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 22.3% 60 Middle 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 77.6 37 Middle 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 18.0% 32 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 17.1 82 Bottom 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 2 96 Bottom 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 11.5 4 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 17.6 80 Bottom 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 8.3% 40 Middle 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 68.4% 31 Top 2.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.6 39 Middle 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 72.8 29 Top 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0.8 58 Middle 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 55.6% 98 Bottom 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 4.2% 81 Bottom 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 29.4% 12 Top 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 161 18 Top 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 19.2% 4 Top 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 50.1 3 Top 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 6.1% 31 Top 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 1.2% 9 Top 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 4.9% 21 Top 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 33.4% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 76.1 78.8
Population 8,944 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.6 0.44
Park Quality 91.5
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