East Avondale
East Avondale is a small neighborhood in the Woodlawn community of eastern Birmingham. It lies south of Division Avenue and 1st Avenue South, between the Forest Park, South Avondale and Crestwood North neighborhoods. Annexed into Birmingham in 1910, Avondale was originally a company town built around the Avondale Mills.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 30.8% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 15.2% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 69.9% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 44.2% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -17.3% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 142.3 | 75 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.9% | 73 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.5% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.2% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.1 | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 90.6% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 17.0% | 58 | Middle | 5.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 24.7 | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 92.5% | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 16.5% | 49 | Middle | 4.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 20.1% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 83.0% | 46 | Middle | 1.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 78.7% | 46 | Middle | 3.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 110 | 46 | Middle | 4.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.6% | 40 | Middle | 5.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.2% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 25.8% | 35 | Middle | 3.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 11.7% | 32 | Top | 5.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.7% | 32 | Top | 4.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 46.4 | 28 | Top | 4.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 10.6 | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 29.0% | 24 | Top | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 66.7% | 24 | Top | 2.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 8.2 | 19 | Top | 4.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 78.5 | 17 | Top | 4.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 92.8% | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 29.8% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 1.3% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.7 | 8 | Top | 4.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0 | 1 | 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 Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 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 | 0.5 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 29.4% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 74.7 | 78.8 |
Population | 949 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.6 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 57.9 |