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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 383.8 | 98 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 87.7% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.6 | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 44 | 78 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 9.9% | 77 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 47.3% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.4% | 76 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.8% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.6 | 74 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -14.5% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.2 | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 37.3 | 63 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.6% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 84.8% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 25.5% | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.8 | 50 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.6% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 21.5% | 45 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 8.6% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.3% | 37 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 81.0% | 36 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 71.4% | 34 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.5% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.7% | 32 | Top | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.6% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 6.4% | 24 | Top | 5.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 20.0% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 8.8% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 0.4% | 2 | Top | 5.00 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |