Acipco-Finley (or ACIPCO-Finley) is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community which lies north of Village Creek and west of I-65. Finley Boulevard is the major east-west corridor through the neighborhood, and 16th Street North crosses the eastern portion, running north-south. The neighborhood includes the Birmingham Farmers Market and the headquarters of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO). The community is named after the Finley Memorial Yard, a rail yard built by the Southern Railway in 1915, and named after railroad president William Finley. The combined name of the neighborhood incorporates the abbreviated name of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, whose workers resided in the vicinity.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 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 |
School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 84.5 | 3 | Top | 4.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 1.4% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 26.6% | 18 | Top | 4.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 9.7 | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.3% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 74.7% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.9% | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 14.4% | 38 | Middle | 3.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 85.0% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 17.7% | 41 | Middle | 5.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 18.7% | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.3 | 43 | Middle | 4.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 24.3 | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 78.4% | 46 | Middle | 3.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.6% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 43.1% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 93.5% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 32.9% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 41.2% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 18.0% | 54 | Middle | 3.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 84 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 2.1% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.7% | 70 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 16.0% | 71 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.4 | 73 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 23.5% | 75 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 45.8% | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 3.2% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.0% | 82 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 172.5 | 83 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 2.2 | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 61.7% | 86 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 123.2 | 88 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 12.9% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -21.7% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 28 | 90 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 5.6 | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
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Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 24.3% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 69.6 | 78.8 |
Population | 892 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 60.1 |