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Acipco-Finley

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 Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 32.9% 52 Middle 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 45.8% 80 Bottom 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 2.2 85 Bottom 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -21.7% 90 Bottom 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 71.0% 82 Bottom 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 78.4% 46 Middle 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 18.0% 54 Middle 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 14.4% 38 Middle 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 12.9% 89 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 3.2% 81 Bottom 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 61.7% 86 Bottom 1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 100.0% 75 Bottom 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 43.1% 49 Middle 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 84.6% 48 Middle 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 1.4% 13 Top 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 24.3 45 Middle 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 41.2% 52 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 18.7% 42 Middle 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 74.7% 30 Top 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 13.3% 22 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 28 90 Bottom 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 0.4 73 Bottom 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 123.2 88 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 9.7 22 Top 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 172.5 83 Bottom 4.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 2.1% 58 Middle 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 93.5% 50 Middle 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 84.5 3 Top 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 5.6 98 Bottom 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 85.0% 40 Middle 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 4.7% 70 Bottom 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 26.6% 18 Top 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 23.9% 36 Middle 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 84 56 Middle 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 5.3 43 Middle 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 16.0% 71 Bottom 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 17.7% 41 Middle 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 23.5% 75 Bottom 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
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
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