Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Dolomite

The Dolomite neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Ensley community. Much of the community's residential properties lie within the corporate limits of the City of Birmingham and much of its business district lie within the corporate limits of the City of Hueytown.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	48.5	54	Middle	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	8.2%	6	Top	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	15.9%	56	Middle	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	27.5	4	Top	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	14.4%	32	Top	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	27.7%	20	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	28.2	87	Bottom	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	0	96	Bottom	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	56.8%	29	Top	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	18.2%	44	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	85.6%	37	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	17.8%	18	Top	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	48.4	30	Top	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	33.3%	34	Middle	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	4.7%	85	Bottom	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	19.0%	51	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	30	89	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0	1	Top	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	2.2	85	Bottom	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0	1	Top	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	1.7	19	Top	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	5.2%	82	Bottom	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	77.1%	15	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.5	64	Middle	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	19	87	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	28.2%	94	Bottom	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.0%	25	Top	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	20.0%	3	Top	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	30.5%	15	Top	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	73.9%	87	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	10.6%	75	Bottom	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	40.2%	96	Bottom	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	45.8%	5	Top	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	66.7%	15	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	76.7%	56	Middle	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	27.1%	94	Bottom	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	54.1%	8	Top	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	1.6%	1	Top	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.4	0.44
Population	1,383	210,616
Park Quality	64.9
Life Expectancy	72.9	78.8
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	16.4%	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.