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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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