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Woodlawn

Woodlawn is a neighborhood in the Woodlawn Community. Present-day Woodlawn was settled by a group of farming families who entered the area in 1815, just as it was opened to settlement by the Treaty of Fort Jackson. The community took its name from the Wood family, headed by Obadiah Washington Wood. In 1891 the community was incorporated as the City of Woodlawn. In 1910 the City of Woodlawn was annexed into Birmingham as part of the Greater Birmingham campaign. The neighborhood encompasses a large portion of the Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Inglenook, Kingston, North East Lake, Wahouma, and South Woodlawn.

Indicator Details

Indicatorssort ascending Primary Domain Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 82 7 Top 4.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 4.9% 63 Middle 1.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 37.3% 97 Bottom 5.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 183.6 85 Bottom 4.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 24.5% 71 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 0.4% 71 Bottom 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 21.2 27 Top 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 5.9 36 Middle 4.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 82.2% 55 Middle 1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 27.3% 78 Bottom 5.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 14.6% 91 Bottom 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 89.1% 23 Top 1.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 13.1% 44 Middle 3.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 106.5 84 Bottom 4.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 60.2% 74 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 0.5% 76 Bottom 1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 55.7% 5 Top 3.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 120 39 Middle 4.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 1.5 93 Bottom 4.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0.3 39 Middle 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 1.4 77 Bottom 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 21.9 87 Bottom 4.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 4.1% 59 Middle 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 54.5% 62 Middle 1.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 13.1 52 Middle 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 22.6% 19 Top 4.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 72.4% 86 Bottom 3.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 85.7% 52 Middle 2.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 36.9% 38 Middle 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 84.5% 51 Middle 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 20.2% 36 Middle 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 31.1% 80 Bottom 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health 3.3% 19 Top 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 77.1% 31 Top 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 71.5% 77 Bottom 3.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 79.1% 71 Bottom 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 28.1% 63 Middle 1.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 15.1% 68 Bottom 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.5 0.44
Population 2,885 210,616
Park Quality 55
Life Expectancy 71.7 78.8
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 36.5% 30.9%
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