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
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	5.2%	95	Bottom	4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	50.8%	88	Bottom	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	2.5	87	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	27.0%	86	Bottom	4.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	1.8	83	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	45	77	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
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	32	72	Bottom	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	26.2	68	Bottom	1.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.8%	65	Middle	3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.3%	63	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.5%	57	Middle	3.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.9%	56	Middle	5.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	12.3	44	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.1%	39	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	71.4%	34	Middle	2.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	64.2%	32	Top	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	87.6%	29	Top	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	45.5	26	Top	4.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	83.6%	25	Top	3.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	69.4%	24	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	2.1%	23	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
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	26.4%	19	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
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	91.5%	13	Top	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	60.5%	11	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	24.1%	10	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	33.9	7	Top	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	6.9%	5	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	66.9%	4	Top	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	20.5%	3	Top	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
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

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.