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
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 37.3% | 97 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 1.5 | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 14.6% | 91 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 21.9 | 87 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 183.6 | 85 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 106.5 | 84 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 31.1% | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 27.3% | 78 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.4 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.5% | 77 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.5% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 60.2% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 24.5% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.4% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 79.1% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 15.1% | 68 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.9% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 28.1% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 54.5% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.1% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 82.2% | 55 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 13.1 | 52 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 85.7% | 52 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 84.5% | 51 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 13.1% | 44 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.3 | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 120 | 39 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 36.9% | 38 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 5.9 | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 20.2% | 36 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 77.1% | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 21.2 | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 89.1% | 23 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 3.3% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 22.6% | 19 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 82 | 7 | Top | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 55.7% | 5 | Top | 3.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 36.5% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 71.7 | 78.8 |
| Population | 2,885 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 55 |