Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Jones Valley

The Jones Valley neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. It is named for the larger Jones Valley in which Birmingham was developed. Jones Valley hosted the earliest pioneer settlements in what would later be called the Birmingham District. The homestead established in 1813 by John Jones at Fort Jonesboro gave the valley its name.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	16.1%	73	Bottom	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	27.9%	66	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	87.7%	62	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	81.0%	36	Middle	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	92.9%	89	Bottom	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-7.3%	44	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	34.3%	90	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	23.4%	26	Top	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	82.0%	64	Middle	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	41.9%	56	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.0%	25	Top	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.6%	58	Middle	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	20.3	91	Bottom	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	57.9%	51	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	5.3%	84	Bottom	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	4.4	45	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	53	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	1.2	66	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0	1	Top	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	89	54	Middle	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	1.3%	82	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	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	32.4%	32	Top	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	109	85	Bottom	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	8.4%	76	Bottom	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	82.0%	54	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	20.0%	54	Middle	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	90.4%	64	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	5.7	39	Middle	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	24.9	54	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	10.9%	35	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	30.8%	89	Bottom	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	80.1	43	Middle	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	19.6%	67	Bottom	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	5.2%	55	Middle	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	70.5	33	Top	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	21.1%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	70	78.8
Park Quality	89.6
Population	1,661	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.