Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Five Points South

The Five Points South neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southside community. Originally founded as the Town of Highland in 1887, this neighborhood is one of Birmingham's first street car lined suburbs. It was annexed into Birmingham in 1893.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	72.8	29	Top	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	4.2%	81	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	4.9%	21	Top	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	77.6	37	Middle	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	22.3%	60	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	8.3%	40	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	17	3	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	50.1	3	Top	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	98.5%	74	Bottom	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	1.2%	9	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	3.0%	73	Bottom	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	55.6%	98	Bottom	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	22.1%	7	Top	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	11.5	4	Top	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	14.2%	9	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	1.1%	56	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	15.5%	59	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	161	18	Top	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	2	96	Bottom	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.2	35	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.8	58	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	17.1	82	Bottom	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	2.7%	33	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	54.9%	59	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	17.6	80	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	19.2%	4	Top	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	78.4%	46	Middle	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	68.4%	31	Top	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	39.0%	48	Middle	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	89.4%	20	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	29.4%	12	Top	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	18.0%	32	Top	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-4.4%	36	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	69.4%	17	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	88.0%	8	Top	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	100.0%	1	Top	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	63.3%	4	Top	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	6.1%	31	Top	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.6	0.44
Population	8,944	210,616
Park Quality	91.5
Life Expectancy	76.1	78.8
Income Inequality	0.5	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	33.4%	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.