Echo Highlands
Echo Highlands is a neighborhood in Birmingham's East Pinson Valley community. It stretches along Pinson Valley Parkway (Alabama State Highway 79) between Lawson Road and Carson Road, mostly to the east of the highway, toward Killough Springs, Bridlewood and Sun Valley. It includes most of the Valley East Industrial Park.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 29.5 | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 38.8% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 1.8 | 83 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.4% | 76 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 10.8% | 74 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 33.8 | 68 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 79.3% | 68 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 52.9% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 65 | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 14.0% | 64 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14.3 | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -10.3% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.1 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.8% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 65.2% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 38.4% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.7% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 14.8% | 29 | Top | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 26.7% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 89.4% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 32.5% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 58.9 | 16 | Top | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 38.1% | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 86.3% | 13 | Top | 3.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 4.0% | 13 | Top | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 2.1% | 13 | Top | 5.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 46.2% | 12 | Top | 2.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.8% | 11 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 8.0% | 10 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1 | 10 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.3 | 9 | Top | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 1.7% | 8 | Top | 5.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 44.5% | 5 | Top | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 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 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | 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 | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 20.9% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.3 | 78.8 |
| Population | 6,231 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.2 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 48.3 |