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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 Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -18.6% 82 Bottom 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 33.8% 48 Middle 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 55.9% 57 Middle 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 34.4% 24 Top 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 13.1% 44 Middle 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 69.2% 87 Bottom 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.6% 15 Top 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 9.8% 83 Bottom 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 31.4% 97 Bottom 1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 100.0% 75 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 5.3% 84 Bottom 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 29 90 Bottom 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 81.0% 93 Bottom 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 79.5% 72 Bottom 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 24.5% 71 Bottom 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 90.2% 76 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 45.0% 71 Bottom 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 45 96 Bottom 4.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 1.7 95 Bottom 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 67.1 46 Middle 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 13.3 53 Middle 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 249.7 94 Bottom 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 18.4% 34 Middle 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 0.0% 77 Bottom 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 99.0% 38 Middle 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 50.0% 13 Top 2.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.8 1 Top 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 80.3 11 Top 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 5.6 98 Bottom 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 90.1% 18 Top 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 4.7% 70 Bottom 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 21.1% 8 Top 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 175 9 Top 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 23.5 5 Top 4.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 58.8% 1 Top 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 17.7% 82 Bottom 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 22.7% 64 Middle 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 25.3% 81 Bottom 5.00

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
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