1 2 HELPS PRIORITIZE PLANNING TOOL RESOURCES Overall need - PDF document

2000 03 2017 07 11 14 1 WHAT IS NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH? 1 2 HELPS PRIORITIZE PLANNING TOOL RESOURCES Overall “need” • Shows where to target • metric resources Residential-based • Triage for • primarily neighborhoods 2 1

HEALTH = 5 VITAL SIGNS CRIMES RESIDENTIAL HOME UNSAFE POVERTY PROPERTY OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES VALUES NOTE: Influenced by larger market trends 3 Vital signs optimal HEALTHY OUT favorable PATIENT average emerging AT RISK negative seriously INTENSIVE distressed CARE 4 2

WHAT CHANGED FOR 2017? 5 NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH 2014-2017 117 block groups 18 block groups Better Health Rating 5 block groups fell into At Risk 1 block group fell into Intensive Care 6 3

CITY-WIDE HEALTH TRENDING UP Census block groups 2000 Intensive Care/At Risk cut from 33% to 28% Healthy/OP improved from 2017 2014 67% to 72% 7 NIA HEALTH TRENDING UP Census block groups 2000 Healthy/OP improved from 32% to 36% Intensive Care/At Risk 2017 2014 cut from 68% to 64% 8 4

NIA HEALTH TRENDING UP Number of Census block groups 2014 Healthy/OP improved from 23% to 36% Intensive Care/At Risk 2000 2017 cut from 77% to 64% 9 WHERE? 10 5

82% 11 WHY? 12 6

2014-2017 NIA block groups +16 +11 +10 +8 +7 PUBLIC PROPERTY POVERTY SF HOME UNSAFE SAFETY VALUES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES -1 -9 -4 -25 13 LARGER TRENDS ECONOMY Fewer people in poverty; improved job market HOUSING MARKET “For-sale” inventory very low; values appreciating; new lot absorption PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Less blighted and vacant structures; improves property values and homeownership rates 14 7

HOW WILL FINDINGS BE USED? • Help public understand trends/data • Open access to data online • Meet with most impacted neighborhoods • Assess/adjust incentives and services 7 • NRP tax rebates • SORT • Property Maintenance • Neighborhood Partnerships (e.g. NET Reach) • Pedestrian Master Plan • Other 15 SUMMARY HEALTHY BUMP FOR MOST More areas improved than not since 2014; East Topeka out of IC ECONOMY MATTERS Post-recession effects stabilized; property values and incomes positively impacted PROPERTY MAINTENANCE MATTERS Ramped-up anti-blight initiatives will help overall ratings even as more properties are cited LONG-TERM NIA HEALTH TRENDING UP IC block groups cut in half and OP blocks groups nearly double since 2000 16 8

7 More Information & Interactive Map www.topeka.org/planning/neighborhood-health 17 9