Smithfield
Smithfield is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Smithfield community. Originally developed by Joseph Riley Smith around 1882, it is west of downtown and adjacent to the neighborhoods of Fountain Heights, College Hills, Graymont, and North Titusville.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 5.6 | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 31.4% | 97 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 45 | 96 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.7 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 249.7 | 94 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 81.0% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 29 | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 69.2% | 87 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.3% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 9.8% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -18.6% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 17.7% | 82 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 25.3% | 81 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 90.2% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 79.5% | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 24.5% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 45.0% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 22.7% | 64 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 55.9% | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.3 | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 33.8% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 67.1 | 46 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 13.1% | 44 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 99.0% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 18.4% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 34.4% | 24 | Top | 3.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 90.1% | 18 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.6% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 50.0% | 13 | Top | 2.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 80.3 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 175 | 9 | Top | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 21.1% | 8 | Top | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 23.5 | 5 | Top | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.8 | 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 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 58.8% | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 46.7% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 70 | 78.8 |
| Population | 1,593 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 62.9 |