Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Crestline

Crestline is a neighborhood in the Crestline community of eastern Birmingham. It is located south of Montclair Road, bordering Mountain Brook and Birmingham's Eastwood neighborhood across Oporto-Madrid Boulevard to the east. Crestline Park is in the neighborhood, which also borders the Elder Street Nature Park along Shades Creek.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	4.3%	17	Top	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	52.6%	12	Top	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	70.1%	78	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	89.3%	7	Top	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	79.9%	38	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	0.0%	22	Top	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	28.2%	69	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	2.9%	99	Bottom	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	95.8%	6	Top	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	24.8%	8	Top	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	41.7%	9	Top	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	72.4%	86	Bottom	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.5%	55	Middle	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	9.3	20	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	55.8%	58	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	0.6%	2	Top	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	3.8	41	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	1.6	83	Bottom	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.1	44	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	62	67	Bottom	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	20.5%	47	Middle	3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	33.7%	78	Bottom	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	6.9%	2	Top	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	23.2	16	Top	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.3%	62	Middle	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	74.1%	81	Bottom	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
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	0.1%	1	Top	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	71.1%	42	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	5.2	45	Middle	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	20.3	16	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.9%	45	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	11.2%	20	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	92.4	53	Middle	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	1.8%	9	Top	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.7%	13	Top	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	18.3	96	Bottom	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	11.1%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	79.4	78.8
Park Quality	57
Population	3,789	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44

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.