Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Harriman Park

Harriman Park is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community. Largely surrounded by industrial activities including Vulcan Materials, Walter Minerals, and the CSX Railroad Transfer Station (Boyles Yard), this residential enclave was originally established as worker housing.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	44.3	59	Middle	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.8%	93	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	17.2%	59	Middle	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	103.4	60	Middle	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	23.6%	65	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.5%	47	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	20	13	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	9.3	14	Top	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	100.0%	75	Bottom	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	31.0%	88	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	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	83.6%	49	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.8%	54	Middle	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	167.6	94	Bottom	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	68.4%	89	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	100.0%	95	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	31.5%	27	Top	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	35	86	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0	1	Top	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	2.8	88	Bottom	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	2.8	93	Bottom	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	14.9	79	Bottom	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	4.5%	67	Bottom	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	28.0%	97	Bottom	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	14.4	61	Middle	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	24.9%	47	Middle	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.9%	57	Middle	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	49.1%	84	Bottom	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	65.3%	95	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	7.0%	89	Bottom	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	17.5%	30	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-13.8%	72	Bottom	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	94.2%	94	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	71.7%	75	Bottom	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	98.4%	40	Middle	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	17.3%	94	Bottom	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	19.4%	88	Bottom	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44
Population	358	210,616
Park Quality	61.3
Life Expectancy	69.4	78.8
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	57.2%	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.