Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Kingston

Kingston is a neighborhood in the East Birmingham community of Birmingham. It has historically been a primary African-American neighborhood. Locaated near the Birmingahm-Shuttlesworth International Airport, adjacent neighborhoods include Woodlawn, Inglenook, East Birmingham, and North Avondale.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	25.0%	98	Bottom	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	19.8%	88	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	98.3%	42	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	68.0%	89	Bottom	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	95.8%	97	Bottom	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-9.4%	53	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	42.2%	97	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	20.3%	35	Middle	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	69.3%	92	Bottom	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	30.8%	17	Top	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	72.4%	86	Bottom	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	22.3%	16	Top	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	10	24	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	54.2%	63	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	5.9%	91	Bottom	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	9.6	71	Bottom	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.8	58	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.4	42	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.4	73	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	141	31	Top	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	20.0%	50	Middle	3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	17.7%	72	Bottom	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	57.7%	68	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	73.3	54	Middle	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	14.3%	39	Middle	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	84.6%	45	Middle	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	2.7%	71	Bottom	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	28.3%	82	Bottom	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	100.0%	75	Bottom	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	4.2	56	Middle	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	18.5	8	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.8%	46	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	25.5%	76	Bottom	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	112.3	64	Middle	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	33.7%	95	Bottom	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.6%	96	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	59	43	Middle	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	50.7%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.5	0.49
Life Expectancy	70.1	78.8
Park Quality	80.7
Population	2,302	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.1	0.44

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.