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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	21.1%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	70	78.8
Population	1,661	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0	0.44
Park Quality	89.6

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.