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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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

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.