Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

College Hills

College Hills is a neighborhood in the Smithfield community. Originally built to house industrial workers, the neighborhood played a significant role in
the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement during the 1960's.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	18.7%	86	Bottom	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	28.2%	61	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	100.0%	1	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	69.5%	85	Bottom	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	97.0%	99	Bottom	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-12.5%	67	Bottom	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	7.8%	8	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	18.8%	41	Middle	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	78.1%	76	Bottom	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	46.8%	78	Bottom	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	75.0%	38	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.6%	15	Top	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	21.9%	14	Top	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	6.9	11	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	39.3%	90	Bottom	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	7.7%	94	Bottom	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	10.5	72	Bottom	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0	1	Top	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	1.2	66	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.6	87	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	175	9	Top	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	4.7%	76	Bottom	3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	3.2%	81	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	59.3%	71	Bottom	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	66.7	45	Middle	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	13.4%	41	Middle	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	90.2%	17	Top	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	15.3%	92	Bottom	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	10.8%	29	Top	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	85.5%	62	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	12	11	Top	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	21.2	27	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	0.0%	77	Bottom	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	28.4%	84	Bottom	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	67.9	23	Top	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	18.0%	61	Middle	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	4.2%	81	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	69	34	Middle	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	28.9%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	70.6	78.8
Park Quality	56.3
Population	1,708	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.