Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

North Birmingham

North Birmingham is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community, encompassing much of the formerly independent town of North Birmingham, which was annexed into Birmingham in 1910. The North Birmingham neighborhood occupies the area north of Village Creek, east of I-65, west of Collegeville, and south of Daniel Payne Drive.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	83	5	Top	4.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	3.6%	96	Bottom	1.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	29.1%	91	Bottom	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	165.2	79	Bottom	4.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	19.5%	44	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	1.5%	63	Middle	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	21.2	27	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	3.8	62	Middle	4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	92.9%	67	Bottom	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	21.8%	62	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	10.8%	84	Bottom	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	95.8%	4	Top	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	16.8%	24	Top	3.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	130.1	90	Bottom	4.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	39.8%	41	Middle	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	10.3%	67	Bottom	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	11.3%	91	Bottom	1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	6.8%	74	Bottom	3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	151	20	Top	4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.5	81	Bottom	4.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0	1	Top	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	2.7	91	Bottom	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	15.4	81	Bottom	4.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.6%	46	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	47.2%	78	Bottom	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.8	1	Top	1.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	17.3	78	Bottom	1.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	22.8%	23	Top	4.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.9%	57	Middle	3.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	100.0%	56	Middle	2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	48.1%	83	Bottom	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	84.1%	55	Middle	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	22.7%	29	Top	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	19.1%	35	Middle	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-17.7%	80	Bottom	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	72.4%	25	Top	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	60.0%	98	Bottom	3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	48.3%	89	Bottom	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	30.1%	58	Middle	1.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.2%	48	Middle	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.1	0.44
Population	1,822	210,616
Park Quality	77.6
Life Expectancy	67.4	78.8
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	23.6%	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.