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
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	60.0%	98	Bottom	3.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.6%	96	Bottom	1.00
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
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	130.1	90	Bottom	4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	48.3%	89	Bottom	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	10.8%	84	Bottom	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	48.1%	83	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
Business Retention	Economic Health	-17.7%	80	Bottom	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	165.2	79	Bottom	4.00
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
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	6.8%	74	Bottom	3.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	10.3%	67	Bottom	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	92.9%	67	Bottom	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	1.5%	63	Middle	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	21.8%	62	Middle	5.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	3.8	62	Middle	4.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	30.1%	58	Middle	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.9%	57	Middle	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	84.1%	55	Middle	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.2%	48	Middle	5.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.6%	46	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	19.5%	44	Middle	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	39.8%	41	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	19.1%	35	Middle	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	22.7%	29	Top	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	21.2	27	Top	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	72.4%	25	Top	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	16.8%	24	Top	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	22.8%	23	Top	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	151	20	Top	4.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	83	5	Top	4.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	95.8%	4	Top	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
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

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.