Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

North Titusville

North Titusville is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Titusville community. It is divided from South Titusville by the community's main street, 6th Avenue South, and from Smithfield to the north by the Alabama Great Southern Railroad. The neighborhood's boundaries are Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard to the west and I-65 to the east.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	65.5	39	Middle	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.8%	93	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	31.3%	94	Bottom	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	110.6	63	Middle	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	35.4%	95	Bottom	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.6%	65	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	25.3	56	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	16.2	9	Top	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	100.0%	75	Bottom	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	27.8%	80	Bottom	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	78.0%	71	Bottom	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	12.7%	48	Middle	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	58.5	36	Middle	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	76.8%	91	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	20.3%	73	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	3.3%	83	Bottom	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	14.8%	62	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	150	22	Top	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.7	49	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	2.5	90	Bottom	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	1.5	16	Top	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	4.1%	59	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	62.0%	40	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	15.8	67	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	20.1%	6	Top	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.6%	15	Top	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	40.0%	8	Top	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	49.5%	86	Bottom	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	79.5%	72	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	21.4%	30	Top	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	19.2%	37	Middle	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-7.8%	45	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	82.8%	45	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	73.0%	69	Bottom	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	74.2%	75	Bottom	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	18.8%	90	Bottom	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	21.4%	96	Bottom	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.1	0.44
Population	2,805	210,616
Park Quality	80.8
Life Expectancy	70.8	78.8
Income Inequality	0.5	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	53.0%	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.