Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Smithfield Estates

Smithfield Estates is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Pratt community. While most of the Pratt community was annexed into Birmingham in 1910, Smithfield Estates was not annexed until 1975. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Hooper City, Thomas, and North Pratt.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	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
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0	1	Top	4.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	20.5%	3	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	66.9%	4	Top	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	6.9%	5	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	33.9	7	Top	4.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	24.1%	10	Top	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	60.5%	11	Top	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	91.5%	13	Top	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	48.6%	16	Top	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	2.8%	16	Top	5.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	26.4%	19	Top	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	2.2	22	Top	4.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	6.0%	22	Top	5.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	2.1%	23	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	69.4%	24	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	83.6%	25	Top	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	45.5	26	Top	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	87.6%	29	Top	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	64.2%	32	Top	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	71.4%	34	Middle	2.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.1%	39	Middle	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	12.3	44	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.9%	56	Middle	5.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.5%	57	Middle	3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.3%	63	Middle	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.8%	65	Middle	3.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	26.2	68	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	32	72	Bottom	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	31.0%	75	Bottom	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	5.3%	75	Bottom	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	45	77	Bottom	4.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	1.8	83	Bottom	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	27.0%	86	Bottom	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	2.5	87	Bottom	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	50.8%	88	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	5.2%	95	Bottom	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	13.7%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	72.2	78.8
Population	2,802	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.2	0.44
Park Quality	50.1

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.