Wahouma
Wahouma is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. Centered around Wahouma Park, the neighborhood is bounded by 1st Avenue North to the south and I-59 to the north, from the I-20/59 split on the west to 80th Street on the east. It is encircled by the North East Lake, South East Lake, East Lake, South Woodlawn, and Woodlawn neighborhoods.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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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 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 1.5% | 14 | Top | 1.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 9.3 | 14 | Top | 4.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 8.6 | 17 | Top | 1.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 20.5 | 18 | Top | 1.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 89.8% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 157 | 19 | Top | 4.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 76.8 | 19 | Top | 4.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 57.1% | 20 | Top | 2.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.6% | 30 | Top | 4.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 20.4% | 34 | Middle | 4.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -3.7% | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 99.1% | 36 | Middle | 1.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.6 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 13.1% | 44 | Middle | 3.00 |
Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.7 | 49 | Middle | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.3% | 50 | Middle | 1.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 80.4% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 50.2% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 80.5% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 50.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 90.9 | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 89.3% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 46.3% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.5% | 77 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 3.3% | 77 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.5 | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 32.1% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 20.9% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.1 | 84 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 4.6% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 29.0% | 86 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 14.2% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 33.7% | 93 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 258.8 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 36.7% | 96 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 27.2% | 99 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
---|---|---|
Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 43.3% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 70.1 | 78.8 |
Population | 1,359 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.4 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 97.5 |