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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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