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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 64.0% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 39.1% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -24.6% | 92 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 20.3% | 90 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 67.0% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 75.0% | 86 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 58.5% | 84 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 2.1% | 79 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.4% | 78 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 26.4% | 73 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 97.3% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.2% | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| 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 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 26.1 | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.8% | 65 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.3% | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 87.6% | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14 | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 15.7% | 52 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 113 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 79.1 | 42 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 8.3% | 40 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 65.2% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 83.2% | 27 | 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 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 17.6% | 20 | Top | 3.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 8.7 | 17 | Top | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 79 | 15 | Top | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 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 |
| 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 | 0.5 | 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 |