Central Park
Central Park neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Five Points West community. It lies to the north of Village Creek and mainly south of Bessemer Road (U.S. Highway 11). Neighborhood landmarks include the Birmingham CrossPlex on the site of the former Alabama State Fairgrounds and the Five Points West Shopping Center to the northeast and Central Park in the southwest.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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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 |
Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | 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 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 33.5% | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 150 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 7.9 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 74.5 | 26 | Top | 4.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.9% | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 35.2% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 11.0% | 47 | Middle | 5.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 58.9% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 18.8% | 49 | Middle | 5.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 12.5% | 49 | Middle | 3.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 85.7% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 84.2% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.5% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 23.2% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.5 | 65 | Middle | 4.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 53.3% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 27.7% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 80.3% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -13.3% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.7% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 10.1% | 71 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 72.0% | 73 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.2% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 97.6 | 78 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 24.9% | 79 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 168.8 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 2 | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 29.2 | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 70.2% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 20.4 | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
---|---|---|
Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 35.5% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 70.8 | 78.8 |
Population | 3,902 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.1 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 81.7 |