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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.4 | 25 | Top | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 12.8% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 79.8% | 67 | Bottom | 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 |
| 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 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 74.4% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.1% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 24.7% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 23.5% | 75 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| 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 |