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