Eastwood
Eastwood (formerly East McElwain) is a neighborhood in the Crestline community of eastern Birmingham. It is centered around the Eastwood Village shopping center (the former site of Eastwood Mall) between Montevallo Road, Oporto-Madrid Boulevard and U.S. Highway 78 (Crestwood Boulevard). Much of the center of the Eastwood neighborhood is commercial, formerly anchored by Eastwood Mall and Century Plaza, as well as the Eastwood Shopping Plaza.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 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 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.4% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 8.8% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 20.0% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 45.9% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 20.6 | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 72.0% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 34 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.7 | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 6.4% | 24 | Top | 5.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.6% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.5% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.7% | 32 | Top | 4.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 71.4% | 34 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 81.0% | 36 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.3% | 37 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 8.6% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 21.5% | 45 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.6% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.8 | 50 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 25.5% | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 84.8% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.6% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 37.3 | 63 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.2 | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -14.5% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.6 | 74 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.8% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.4% | 76 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 9.9% | 77 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 47.3% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 44 | 78 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.6 | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 87.7% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 383.8 | 98 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 27.2% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 75.6 | 78.8 |
| Population | 2,561 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 72.9 |