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
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	261.3	96	Bottom	4.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	7.8%	89	Bottom	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	20.6%	85	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	104	82	Bottom	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	4.4%	78	Bottom	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	45.2%	73	Bottom	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	1.2	72	Bottom	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	23.9%	68	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	73.2%	68	Bottom	3.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	19.5%	66	Middle	5.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.6%	65	Middle	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	86.8%	60	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	54.8%	60	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	6.4	58	Middle	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.6%	58	Middle	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.6%	56	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	46.1%	54	Middle	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	77.2%	53	Middle	3.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	13	51	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	95.4%	48	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.6	47	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	81.8%	47	Middle	2.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	5.2	45	Middle	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	8.8%	43	Middle	5.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	18.9%	40	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	119	40	Middle	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	25.0%	39	Middle	3.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.2%	39	Middle	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	15.5%	38	Middle	5.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	67.5	36	Middle	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	65.7%	35	Middle	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	86.9%	33	Top	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	18.1%	33	Top	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	86.9%	32	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	21.2	27	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	5.1%	17	Top	1.00
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 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	42.2%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	71.3	78.8
Population	1,615	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44
Park Quality	85.8

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.