North Avondale
North Avondale is a neighborhood in the East Birmingham community. It is located south of East Birmingham and Kingston, west of Woodlawn and East Avondale, north of Forest Park-South Avondale and Southside, and east of Central City and Norwood. Its main street, 41st Street, ends at Avondale City Park, which was home to Birmingham's first zoo and offered the residents a beautiful gathering space. Originally incorporated as a separate town in 1887, Avondale was annexed into Birmingham in 1910.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 56.9% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 7.8% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 79.9% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 36.5% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 53.3% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 78.6% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.0% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 41.3% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 180.6 | 84 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.7% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.9% | 73 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 72.8% | 71 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 87.8% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 13.8% | 65 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.3 | 62 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 28.2% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 88.3% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.7 | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 108 | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.0% | 44 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -7.1% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.8% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 49.6 | 31 | Top | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 20.9 | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 4.9% | 21 | Top | 5.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.4% | 9 | Top | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 23.3 | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.5 | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 2.7% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 48.9% | 2 | Top | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 66.2% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 70.3 | 78.8 |
| Population | 1,007 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.1 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 73.9 |