Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

East Lake

The East Lake neighborhood is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. It occupies the large area southeast of 1st Avenue North from Wahouma, southwest of Oporto-Madrid Boulevard from South East Lake, west of London Avenue from Brown Springs, and north of South Woodlawn and Gate City. 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
Abandoned Structures	Blight	19.8%	89	Bottom	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	30.2%	57	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	86.4%	65	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	77.7%	50	Middle	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	74.6%	27	Top	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-16.7%	76	Bottom	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	28.1%	67	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	15.2%	54	Middle	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	85.9%	43	Middle	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	44.6%	68	Bottom	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	62.5%	23	Top	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	72.4%	86	Bottom	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	24.1%	41	Middle	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	10.7	27	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	63.1%	36	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	4.7%	71	Bottom	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	6	54	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	43	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.4	42	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.3	67	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	137	32	Top	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	48.6%	10	Top	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	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	38.9%	40	Middle	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	92.2	72	Bottom	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	9.8%	71	Bottom	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	78.0%	71	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	20.8%	58	Middle	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	54.4%	28	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	7.6	24	Top	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	24	42	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.0%	49	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	21.9%	57	Middle	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	203.3	88	Bottom	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	15.4%	55	Middle	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.5%	32	Top	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	76.3	21	Top	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	26.2%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	71.6	78.8
Park Quality	74.4
Population	2,569	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.2	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.