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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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