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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 20.4 | 92 | 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 2 | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 168.8 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 24.9% | 79 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 97.6 | 78 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.2% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 72.0% | 73 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 10.1% | 71 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.7% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -13.3% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 80.3% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 27.7% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 53.3% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.5 | 65 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 23.2% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1 | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.5% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 84.2% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 85.7% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 12.5% | 49 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 18.8% | 49 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 58.9% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 11.0% | 47 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 35.2% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.9% | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 74.5 | 26 | Top | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 7.9 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 150 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 33.5% | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
| 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 Brownfield Sites | 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 |
| 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 | 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 |