Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

North East Lake

North East Lake is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. Anchored by East Lake Park, the neighborhood is adjacant to the neighborhoods of Woodlawn, Wahouma, South East Lake, Roebuck, Zion City, and Airport Hills. 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	8.8%	43	Middle	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	20.6%	85	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	95.4%	48	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	73.2%	68	Bottom	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	86.8%	60	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	5.1%	17	Top	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	18.1%	33	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	18.9%	40	Middle	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	86.9%	32	Top	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	45.2%	73	Bottom	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	81.8%	47	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	77.2%	53	Middle	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.6%	58	Middle	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	13	51	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	54.8%	60	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.2%	39	Middle	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	6.4	58	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	1.2	72	Bottom	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.6	47	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	119	40	Middle	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	25.0%	39	Middle	3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	7.8%	89	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	46.1%	54	Middle	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	104	82	Bottom	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.6%	56	Middle	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	86.9%	33	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
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	15.5%	38	Middle	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	65.7%	35	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	5.2	45	Middle	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	21.2	27	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.6%	65	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	23.9%	68	Bottom	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	261.3	96	Bottom	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	19.5%	66	Middle	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	4.4%	78	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	67.5	36	Middle	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	42.2%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	71.3	78.8
Park Quality	85.8
Population	1,615	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44

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.