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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 6.3% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 28.5% | 85 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 7.0% | 84 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 90.9% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 31.5% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 28.3 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 102.2 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 23.9% | 69 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.8 | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 55.8% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.9% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 75.6% | 61 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 76 | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 88.3% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.0% | 56 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| 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 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 4.5% | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 77.1% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -8.7% | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 13.5% | 49 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 9.6% | 44 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.4 | 41 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 86.6% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 22.5 | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 75.1 | 34 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 86.2% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 28.0% | 31 | Top | 3.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 35.7% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 28.0% | 16 | Top | 4.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.4 | 13 | Top | 4.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 85.7% | 7 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 85.9% | 1 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 |
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 |