Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Fairmont

Fairmont is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community. The neighborhood is divided by I-65, with most of the houses on the southeastern side of the interstate, between 39th and 54th Avenue North and just west of the Walter Energy coke plant separating it from Collegeville. The northwestern half of the neighborhood, stretching to Five Mile Creek, is undeveloped.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	40.8%	98	Bottom	5.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	31.3%	96	Bottom	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-23.8%	91	Bottom	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.9%	90	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	68.0%	89	Bottom	3.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	19.3%	89	Bottom	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	92.6%	87	Bottom	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	19.3%	87	Bottom	5.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	59.5%	85	Bottom	1.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	42	79	Bottom	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	78.1%	76	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	26.4%	76	Bottom	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	59.6%	72	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	21.5%	71	Bottom	5.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	24.4%	69	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	83.4%	67	Bottom	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.8%	67	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	37	64	Middle	4.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	7.3	62	Middle	4.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	3.8	62	Middle	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.9%	57	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.8%	54	Middle	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	70.1	50	Middle	4.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.7%	48	Middle	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	21.4%	46	Middle	3.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	17.1%	45	Middle	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	72.8%	43	Middle	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	37.0%	40	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	62.5%	38	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	17.5%	30	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	11.6	30	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	70.7	27	Top	4.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	66.7%	24	Top	2.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	35.9%	17	Top	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	90.8%	16	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	20	13	Top	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0	1	Top	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
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.5	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	49.1%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	70.2	78.8
Population	1,556	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.4	0.44
Park Quality	53.3

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.