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

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.