Powderly
Powderly is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. The present neighborhood, which includes the area of Ishkooda and the Powderly Hills subdivision. Powderly was first developed in 1887 as a community of low-cost worker's houses by the Beneficial Land and Improvement Company, headed by members of the Knights of Labor. The nearby community of Travellick was developed simultaneously and the communities were named for Terence Powderly and Richard Trevillick, two of the Knights' national leaders. There were numerous efforts to either incorporate Powderly or annex into Birmingham in the 1940s. Powderly was eventually annexed into Birmingham by 1964.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 85.7% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.4 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 28.0% | 16 | Top | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 35.7% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 28.0% | 31 | Top | 3.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 86.2% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 75.1 | 34 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 22.5 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 86.6% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.4 | 41 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 9.6% | 44 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.5% | 49 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -8.7% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 77.1% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 4.5% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 30.3% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 88.9% | 55 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 25.5% | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.0% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 88.3% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 76 | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 75.6% | 61 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.9% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 55.8% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.8 | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 23.9% | 69 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 28.3 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 102.2 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 31.5% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 90.9% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 7.0% | 84 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 28.5% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 6.3% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 37.5% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.2 | 78.8 |
| Population | 1,624 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 57.6 |