Race, Diversity, and Ethnicity in Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL

The map below shows majority race by area in Echo Highlands, as self-identified on the US census. Darker shades indicate a larger racial majority in that neighborhood. This page also contains data and maps on Echo Highlands racial diversity and diversity scores. Click here to scroll to diversity data.

Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL map of race and ethnicity
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Majority race by area

The majority race in Echo Highlands overall is black, making up 88.0% of residents. The next most-common racial group is white at 11.2%. There are more black people in the west areas of the neighborhood. People who identify as white are most likely to be living in the northwest places. The data below shows how many people identify themselves as each of the following races, which most Americans base on their family's national origin:

Race in Echo Highlands

 
Self-Identified Race
Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL Population
White
11.2%
Hispanic
0.7%
Black
88.0%
Asian
0.0%
Native American
0.0%
Other
0.1%
   

Diversity and Diversity Scores for Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL

The map below shows diversity in Echo Highlands. Areas in green are more diverse, while areas in red are much less diverse. Diversity, in this case, means a mixture of people with different race and ethnicity living close to one another. For example, all-black and all-white areas in the neighborhood would both be considered lacking diversity.

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Echo Highlands Diversity Score

21.3

More diverse than 6% of US neighborhoods

Echo Highlands has a diversity score of 21.3: the chance, in percent, that two residents picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups, from ACS race counts. A place where everyone shares one group scores 0, and an even mix of the six groups in the chart above scores the maximum, 83.3. Echo Highlands is much less diverse than other US neighborhoods, more diverse than 6% of them. Within Echo Highlands's proper boundaries, the most diverse area is northwest Echo Highlands, and the least diverse areas are in west Echo Highlands.

Source: BestNeighborhood calculations from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2020-2024 5-year estimates (race and Hispanic origin); proprietary data mapping and analysis. Special thanks to the University of Virginia.