Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Kingston

Kingston is a neighborhood in the East Birmingham community of Birmingham. It has historically been a primary African-American neighborhood. Locaated near the Birmingahm-Shuttlesworth International Airport, adjacent neighborhoods include Woodlawn, Inglenook, East Birmingham, and North Avondale.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	59	43	Middle	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.6%	96	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	33.7%	95	Bottom	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	112.3	64	Middle	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	25.5%	76	Bottom	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	5.8%	46	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	18.5	8	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	4.2	56	Middle	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	100.0%	75	Bottom	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	28.3%	82	Bottom	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	2.7%	71	Bottom	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	84.6%	45	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	14.3%	39	Middle	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	73.3	54	Middle	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	57.7%	68	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	17.7%	72	Bottom	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	20.0%	50	Middle	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	141	31	Top	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.4	73	Bottom	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.4	42	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.8	58	Middle	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	9.6	71	Bottom	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	5.9%	91	Bottom	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	54.2%	63	Middle	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	10	24	Top	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	22.3%	16	Top	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	72.4%	86	Bottom	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	30.8%	17	Top	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	69.3%	92	Bottom	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	20.3%	35	Middle	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	42.2%	97	Bottom	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-9.4%	53	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	95.8%	97	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	68.0%	89	Bottom	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	98.3%	42	Middle	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	19.8%	88	Bottom	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	25.0%	98	Bottom	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.1	0.44
Population	2,302	210,616
Park Quality	80.7
Life Expectancy	70.1	78.8
Income Inequality	0.5	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	50.7%	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.