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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 65.6% | 96 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 91.6% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 147 | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 31.1% | 93 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 11.0% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| 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 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 27.6% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.5 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.6 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| 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 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 140.6 | 74 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 16.0% | 71 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.0% | 68 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28.1% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.5% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 80.2% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.4% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 83.3% | 49 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -8.0% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.9% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.3 | 43 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.3% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21.3 | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.3 | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 22.6% | 19 | Top | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 69.3% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 79.5 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 39.5% | 4 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 197 | 2 | Top | 4.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 95.6% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 | 0.4 | 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 |