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Acipco-Finley

Acipco-Finley (or ACIPCO-Finley) is a neighborhood in the North Birmingham community which lies north of Village Creek and west of I-65. Finley Boulevard is the major east-west corridor through the neighborhood, and 16th Street North crosses the eastern portion, running north-south. The neighborhood includes the Birmingham Farmers Market and the headquarters of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO). The community is named after the Finley Memorial Yard, a rail yard built by the Southern Railway in 1915, and named after railroad president William Finley. The combined name of the neighborhood incorporates the abbreviated name of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, whose workers resided in the vicinity.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domain Indicator Value Ranksort descending 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
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 84.5 3 Top 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 1.4% 13 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 26.6% 18 Top 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 13.3% 22 Top 1.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 9.7 22 Top 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 74.7% 30 Top 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 23.9% 36 Middle 4.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 14.4% 38 Middle 3.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 85.0% 40 Middle 1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 17.7% 41 Middle 5.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 18.7% 42 Middle 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 5.3 43 Middle 4.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 24.3 45 Middle 1.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 78.4% 46 Middle 3.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 84.6% 48 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 43.1% 49 Middle 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 93.5% 50 Middle 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 32.9% 52 Middle 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 41.2% 52 Middle 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 18.0% 54 Middle 3.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 84 56 Middle 4.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 2.1% 58 Middle 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 4.7% 70 Bottom 1.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 16.0% 71 Bottom 5.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0.4 73 Bottom 4.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 23.5% 75 Bottom 5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 100.0% 75 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 45.8% 80 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 3.2% 81 Bottom 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 71.0% 82 Bottom 3.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 172.5 83 Bottom 4.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 2.2 85 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 61.7% 86 Bottom 1.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 123.2 88 Bottom 4.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 12.9% 89 Bottom 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 28 90 Bottom 4.00
Business Retention Economic Health -21.7% 90 Bottom 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 5.6 98 Bottom 1.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.4 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 24.3% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 69.6 78.8
Population 892 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.4 0.44
Park Quality 60.1
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