Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Jones Valley

The Jones Valley neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. It is named for the larger Jones Valley in which Birmingham was developed. Jones Valley hosted the earliest pioneer settlements in what would later be called the Birmingham District. The homestead established in 1813 by John Jones at Fort Jonesboro gave the valley its name.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
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
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0	1	Top	4.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
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
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.0%	25	Top	3.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	23.4%	26	Top	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	32.4%	32	Top	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	70.5	33	Top	4.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	10.9%	35	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	81.0%	36	Middle	3.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	5.7	39	Middle	4.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	80.1	43	Middle	4.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-7.3%	44	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	4.4	45	Middle	4.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	57.9%	51	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	53	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	24.9	54	Middle	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	82.0%	54	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	89	54	Middle	4.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	20.0%	54	Middle	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	5.2%	55	Middle	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	41.9%	56	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.6%	58	Middle	4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	87.7%	62	Middle	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	90.4%	64	Middle	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	82.0%	64	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	1.2	66	Middle	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	27.9%	66	Middle	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	19.6%	67	Bottom	5.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	16.1%	73	Bottom	5.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	8.4%	76	Bottom	3.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	1.3%	82	Bottom	3.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	5.3%	84	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	109	85	Bottom	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	30.8%	89	Bottom	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	92.9%	89	Bottom	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	34.3%	90	Bottom	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	20.3	91	Bottom	1.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	21.1%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	70	78.8
Population	1,661	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0	0.44
Park Quality	89.6

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.