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 |
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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 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 23.3 | 6 | Top | 4.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 48.9% | 2 | Top | 4.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 108 | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.4% | 9 | Top | 4.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 74.7% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.8% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.5 | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 88.3% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
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 |
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 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 2.7% | 2 | Top | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 87.8% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 53.3% | 91 | 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 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 56.9% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 7.8% | 96 | Bottom | 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 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 78.6% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
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 |
School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.0% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
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 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 41.3% | 85 | Bottom | 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 |