Wylam
The Wylam neighborhood is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Ensley community. It corresponds with the historical mining community of Wylam, which was an incorporated city from 1900 until it was annexed into Birmingham in 1910. It is adjacent to the City of Fairfield and the Birmingham neighborhoods of Sherman Heights and Ensley.
Indicator Details
Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
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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 |
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0 | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 79 | 15 | Top | 4.00 |
Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 8.7 | 17 | Top | 4.00 |
Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 17.6% | 20 | Top | 3.00 |
Vacancy Rates | Housing | 12.8% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.4 | 25 | Top | 4.00 |
Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 83.2% | 27 | Top | 3.00 |
Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 65.2% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 8.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 79.1 | 42 | Middle | 4.00 |
Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 113 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 15.7% | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14 | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
Age of Housing | Housing | 87.6% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.3% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 26.1 | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 87.4 | 67 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.1 | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 79.8% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.2% | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 97.3% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 26.4% | 73 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.1% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 74.4% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 23.5% | 75 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 24.7% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.4% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 2.1% | 79 | Bottom | 3.00 |
Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 58.5% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 75.0% | 86 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 67.0% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Abandoned Structures | Blight | 20.3% | 90 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Business Retention | Economic Health | -24.6% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 39.1% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 64.0% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
Neighborhood | City Wide | |
---|---|---|
Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
Concentrated Poverty | 37.7% | 30.9% |
Life Expectancy | 68.2 | 78.8 |
Population | 2,768 | 210,616 |
Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
Park Quality | 73.3 |