Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Smithfield Estates

Smithfield Estates is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Pratt community. While most of the Pratt community was annexed into Birmingham in 1910, Smithfield Estates was not annexed until 1975. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Hooper City, Thomas, and North Pratt.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Business Retention	Economic Health	24.1%	10	Top	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	48.6%	16	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	69.4%	24	Top	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	2.5	87	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	83.6%	25	Top	3.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	75.8%	65	Middle	3.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	5.3%	75	Bottom	3.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	10.5%	57	Middle	3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.3%	63	Middle	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
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	64.2%	32	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	26.4%	19	Top	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	87.6%	29	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	2.1%	23	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	26.2	68	Bottom	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	60.5%	11	Top	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	20.5%	3	Top	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	6.9%	5	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	33.9	7	Top	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	31.0%	75	Bottom	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	2.2	22	Top	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	0	1	Top	4.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	45.5	26	Top	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	12.3	44	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	66.9%	4	Top	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	50.8%	88	Bottom	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	71.4%	34	Middle	2.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	32	72	Bottom	4.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.6	39	Middle	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	91.5%	13	Top	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.1%	39	Middle	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	5.2%	95	Bottom	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	27.0%	86	Bottom	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	45	77	Bottom	4.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	1.8	83	Bottom	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	11.9%	56	Middle	5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	6.0%	22	Top	5.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	2.8%	16	Top	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	13.7%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	72.2	78.8
Population	2,802	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.2	0.44
Park Quality	50.1

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.