South Woodlawn
South Woodlawn is a small neighborhood in the Woodlawn community of eastern Birmingham. It is bounded by 59th Street South to the west and Brussels Avenue to the east. The neighborhood is defined by the Norfolk Southern Railway's East End District tracks to the south and Division Avenue and 65th Street South to the north. Most of South Woodlawn is accessible from Georgia Road, with a disconnected area across I-20 hugging 64th Place South and Kentucky Avenue. Neighborhoods abutting South Woodlawn include Woodlawn, East Lake, Gate City, Oak Ridge Park and Crestwood North.
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 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 95.6% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 197 | 2 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 39.5% | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 79.5 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 69.3% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 22.6% | 19 | Top | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.3 | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21.3 | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.3% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.3 | 43 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -8.0% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.9% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.3% | 49 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.4% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 80.2% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.5% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.1% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.0% | 68 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 16.0% | 71 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 140.6 | 74 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 73.6% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 47.8% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 26.5% | 76 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.6 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.5 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 27.6% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 20.6% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.7 | 85 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 11.0% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 31.1% | 93 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 147 | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 91.6% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 65.6% | 96 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 34.0% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 71.6 | 78.8 |
| Population | 626 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 38.1 |