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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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