Five Points South
The Five Points South neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southside community. Originally founded as the Town of Highland in 1887, this neighborhood is one of Birmingham's first street car lined suburbs. It was annexed into Birmingham in 1893.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 17 | 3 | Top | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 50.1 | 3 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.5 | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 63.3% | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 19.2% | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 22.1% | 7 | Top | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 88.0% | 8 | Top | 3.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 14.2% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 1.2% | 9 | Top | 5.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 29.4% | 12 | Top | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 69.4% | 17 | Top | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 161 | 18 | Top | 4.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 89.4% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 4.9% | 21 | Top | 5.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 72.8 | 29 | Top | 4.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 68.4% | 31 | Top | 2.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 6.1% | 31 | Top | 5.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 18.0% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.7% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -4.4% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 77.6 | 37 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 8.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 78.4% | 46 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 39.0% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 1.1% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.8 | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 54.9% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 15.5% | 59 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 22.3% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 3.0% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 98.5% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.6 | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.1 | 82 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2 | 96 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 55.6% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 33.4% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 76.1 | 78.8 |
| Population | 8,944 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.6 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 91.5 |