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Overall Rankings |
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Metro Area (out of 45): |
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Basic Housing: 42nd |
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Healthy Housing: 35th |
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Central City (out of 44): |
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Basic Housing: 42nd |
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Healthy Housing: 39th |
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Click here for the Birmingham Data Table |
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Data source: 1998 American Housing Survey |
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Positive Findings: Compared to the national average, the Birmingham metro area has less homes lacking complete plumbing, exposed wires in the units, and experiencing heating equipment breakdowns. Central city properties are less likely to lack complete plumbing or experience water supply stoppages when compared to the national average. Properties outside the central city have fewer instances of exposed wiring and heating equipment breakdown. Rental properties are less likely to have incomplete plumbing or exposed wiring. Owner-occupied properties have better than national average statistics for water leaks from the inside, lack of complete plumbing, and heating equipment breakdowns.
Areas for Improvement: Compared to the national average, the Birmingham metro area has more holes in floors, cracks in the walls, broken plaster, signs of rats and mice, flush toilet and sewage disposal breakdown, lack of complete kitchen facilities, and roofing, siding, and window problems. In addition to the issues found in the MSA, central city homes are more likely to have water leaks from the outside and foundation problems. Areas outside the central city are more statistically likely to have issues with holes in the floors, cracks in the walls, broken plaster, signs of rats and mice, room heaters without a flue, lack of complete kitchen facilities, and siding and window problems. Rental homes are more likely to have issues in all of the categories except water supply stoppage, lack of complete plumbing, heating equipment breakdowns, and electrical issues. Owner occupied homes are statistically more likely to have holes in floors, cracks in the walls, broken plaster, signs of rats and mice, water supply stoppage, flush toilet and sewage disposal breakdowns, lack kitchen facilities, and roofing, siding, and window problems.
Community Information: The Birmingham MSA is comprised of Blount, Jefferson, St. Clair, and Shelby Counties, Alabama. In 1998, the MSA included 358,800 occupied dwelling units, 28.1% of which were located in the central city of Birmingham. The housing stock of the MSA rankings shows an average age and an average percentage of rental units of the cities surveyed. The percentage of pre-1940 homes ranked 21st-youngest (11.0%) for the MSA and 20th-youngest (20.7%) for the central city. The median house age in the Birmingham MSA was 1970. The percentage of rental units ranked 16th least heavily rental (23.6%) for the MSA and 18th least heavily rental (44.8%) for the central city. Poverty rates were not reported in the 1998 Metro survey.