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