Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

South Titusville

South Titusville is a neighborhood in the Titusville community of Birmingham. It is divided from North Titusville by the community's main street, 6th Avenue South, and from the Woodland Park neighborhood to the south by Green Springs Avenue. South Titusville is predominantly residential.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	65.5	39	Middle	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.1%	24	Top	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	14.7%	52	Middle	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	52	14	Top	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	20.6%	51	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.0%	77	Bottom	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	20.3	16	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	6.7	27	Top	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	98.2%	73	Bottom	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	11.1%	31	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	5.0%	79	Bottom	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	82.2%	53	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	33.8%	1	Top	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	62.8	42	Middle	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	23.6%	17	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	2.8%	58	Middle	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	0.0%	87	Bottom	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	137	32	Top	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.4	73	Bottom	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.7	49	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	2.3	23	Top	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	2.3%	27	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	54.0%	65	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	83	Bottom	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	18.2	83	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	22.7%	21	Top	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.6%	15	Top	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	37.5%	6	Top	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	56.3%	93	Bottom	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	92.2%	15	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	12.4%	63	Middle	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	11.5%	18	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-11.3%	62	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	86.3%	58	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	78.8%	45	Middle	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	89.2%	56	Middle	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	37.7%	35	Middle	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	12.0%	57	Middle	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.1	0.44
Population	2,788	210,616
Park Quality	45.6
Life Expectancy	71.6	78.8
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	37.1%	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.