Thomas
Thomas is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Pratt community. It is located north of I-59/20, west of Acipco-Finley and southeast of North Pratt. A former municipality, Thomas was began as a plantation but was purchased by David Thomas for the construction of the Thomas Furnaces in the late 1880s. The first worker homes built in Thomas by the Pioneer Corporation were modeled after those in factory towns in Pennsylvania. After the operation was purchased by Republic Steel in 1899 more typical house plans were adopted, including shotgun, square-top and bungalow-style houses.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 47.5 | 97 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 31.9% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 20.5% | 91 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 3.1 | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 2.1 | 88 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 185.2 | 86 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 0.2% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 40 | 83 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 24.7% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 2.8% | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.7% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 78.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 10.9% | 68 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 26.2 | 68 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.8 | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 23.8% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.3 | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 80.4% | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.6% | 58 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 73.9 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 77.3% | 55 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 15.2% | 54 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 4.8% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 78.0% | 50 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -7.9% | 46 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 23.9% | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.7% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 63 | 41 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 15.0% | 37 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 36.8% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 79.1% | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 99.8% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 6.9 | 26 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 23.7% | 25 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 28.1% | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 30.9% | 21 | Top | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 18.5% | 14 | Top | 3.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 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 |
| 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 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 24.3% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 70.1 | 78.8 |
| Population | 960 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.2 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 63.5 |