Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Arlington - West End

Arlington-West End is a neighborhood in the West End community of Birmingham. It includes the former town of Elyton and the community of West End, which were annexed into Birmingham in 1910.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.5%	53	Middle	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	27.9%	66	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	100.0%	1	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	68.7%	88	Bottom	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	81.3%	40	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-3.3%	34	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	21.8%	43	Middle	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	19.2%	39	Middle	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	77.9%	79	Bottom	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	43.2%	63	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	81.8%	47	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.6%	15	Top	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	21.8%	12	Top	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	19.2	88	Bottom	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	57.4%	54	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	4.9%	74	Bottom	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	3.4	37	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.2	40	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	1.1	62	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.1	44	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	151	20	Top	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	7.1%	73	Bottom	3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	70.6%	87	Bottom	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	58.2%	69	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	96.5	76	Bottom	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	8.3%	80	Bottom	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	84.8%	43	Middle	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	22.7%	64	Middle	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	76.5%	49	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	10.8	12	Top	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	24.2	44	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.0%	77	Bottom	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	22.5%	62	Middle	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	129.8	70	Bottom	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	24.8%	78	Bottom	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	4.1%	85	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	74	27	Top	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	36.1%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.5	0.49
Life Expectancy	70.6	78.8
Park Quality	89.9
Population	4,559	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0	0.44

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.