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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 41.3% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -7.1% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 28.2% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.0% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.9% | 73 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 72.8% | 71 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| 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 | 78.6% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 56.9% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 7.8% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 20.9 | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 79.9% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 53.3% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 2.7% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 87.8% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.3 | 62 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.7 | 89 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 49.6 | 31 | Top | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 12.7 | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 180.6 | 84 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 36.5% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 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 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.5 | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.7% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.8% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.4% | 9 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 108 | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 23.3 | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 48.9% | 2 | Top | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 13.8% | 65 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 4.9% | 21 | Top | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.0% | 44 | Middle | 5.00 |
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 |