Fairmont
Fairmont is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community. The neighborhood is divided by I-65, with most of the houses on the southeastern side of the interstate, between 39th and 54th Avenue North and just west of the Walter Energy coke plant separating it from Collegeville. The northwestern half of the neighborhood, stretching to Five Mile Creek, is undeveloped.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 20 | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 90.8% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 35.9% | 17 | Top | 1.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 66.7% | 24 | Top | 2.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 70.7 | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.6 | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.5% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 62.5% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 37.0% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 72.8% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 17.1% | 45 | Middle | 4.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 21.4% | 46 | Middle | 3.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 3.7% | 48 | Middle | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 70.1 | 50 | Middle | 4.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.8% | 54 | Middle | 3.00 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.9% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3.8 | 62 | Middle | 4.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 7.3 | 62 | Middle | 4.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 37 | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.8% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 83.4% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 24.4% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 21.5% | 71 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 59.6% | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 78.1% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.4% | 76 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 42 | 79 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 59.5% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 92.6% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 19.3% | 87 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 19.3% | 89 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 68.0% | 89 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.9% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -23.8% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 31.3% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 40.8% | 98 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
---|---|---|
Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 49.1% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 70.2 | 78.8 |
Population | 1,556 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 53.3 |