2000 03 07 11 14 2017

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

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 HEALTH = 5 VITAL SIGNS
POVERTY CRIMES RESIDENTIAL HOME UNSAFE
PROPERTY OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES
VALUES

NOTE: Influenced by larger market trends

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Vital signs

HEALTHY optimal

OUT favorable
PATIENT

average
emerging
AT RISK negative

seriously
INTENSIVE
distressed
CARE 4
WHAT CHANGED
FOR 2017?

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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

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 CITY-WIDE HEALTH
TRENDING UP
Census block groups
2000
Intensive Care/At Risk
cut from 33% to 28%

Healthy/OP
improved from
2014 67% to 72% 2017 7
 NIA HEALTH
TRENDING UP
Census block groups
2000

Healthy/OP
improved from
32% to 36%

Intensive Care/At Risk

2014 cut from 68% to 64%

2017 8
 NIA HEALTH
TRENDING UP
Number of Census block groups
2014

Healthy/OP
improved from
23% to 36%

Intensive Care/At Risk

2000 cut from 77% to 64%

2017 9
WHERE?

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82%

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WHY?

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 2014-2017
NIA block groups

+16
+11 +10
+8 +7

POVERTY PUBLIC PROPERTY SF HOME UNSAFE

SAFETY VALUES OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES
-1
-9 -4
-25

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 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

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 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
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More Information & Interactive Map

www.topeka.org/planning/neighborhood-health
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