Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

North Birmingham

North Birmingham is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community, encompassing much of the formerly independent town of North Birmingham, which was annexed into Birmingham in 1910. The North Birmingham neighborhood occupies the area north of Village Creek, east of I-65, west of Collegeville, and south of Daniel Payne Drive.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
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
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0	1	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.8	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	95.8%	4	Top	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	83	5	Top	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	151	20	Top	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	22.8%	23	Top	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	16.8%	24	Top	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	72.4%	25	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	21.2	27	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	22.7%	29	Top	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	19.1%	35	Middle	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	39.8%	41	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	19.5%	44	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.6%	46	Middle	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.2%	48	Middle	5.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	84.1%	55	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.9%	57	Middle	3.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	30.1%	58	Middle	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	21.8%	62	Middle	5.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	3.8	62	Middle	4.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	1.5%	63	Middle	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	10.3%	67	Bottom	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	92.9%	67	Bottom	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	6.8%	74	Bottom	3.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	47.2%	78	Bottom	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	17.3	78	Bottom	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	165.2	79	Bottom	4.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-17.7%	80	Bottom	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	15.4	81	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.5	81	Bottom	4.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	48.1%	83	Bottom	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	10.8%	84	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	48.3%	89	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	130.1	90	Bottom	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	29.1%	91	Bottom	5.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	11.3%	91	Bottom	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	2.7	91	Bottom	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.6%	96	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	60.0%	98	Bottom	3.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	23.6%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	67.4	78.8
Population	1,822	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.1	0.44
Park Quality	77.6

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.