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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 55.6% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2 | 96 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.1 | 82 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.6 | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 98.5% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 3.0% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 22.3% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 54.9% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 15.5% | 59 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.8 | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 1.1% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 39.0% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 78.4% | 46 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 8.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 77.6 | 37 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -4.4% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.2 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.7% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 18.0% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 68.4% | 31 | Top | 2.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 6.1% | 31 | Top | 5.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 72.8 | 29 | Top | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 4.9% | 21 | Top | 5.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 89.4% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 161 | 18 | Top | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 69.4% | 17 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 29.4% | 12 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 14.2% | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 1.2% | 9 | Top | 5.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 88.0% | 8 | Top | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 22.1% | 7 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 50.1 | 3 | Top | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 17 | 3 | 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 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 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 | 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 |