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Central City

Central City is a neighborhood in the Northside community. It is separated from the Druid Hills and Norwood neighborhoods to the north by I-20/59 and 9th Avenue North; from the North Avondale neighborhood to the east by the Boyles Terminal Subdivision railroad tracks and 32nd Street North; from the Southside and Five Points South neighborhoods to the south by the Railroad Reservation; and from the Fountain Heights neighborhood to the west by 19th Street North.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Payday Loans Economic Health 0 1 Top 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -17.2% 77 Bottom 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 45.7% 20 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 72.2% 20 Top 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 44.4% 13 Top 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 14.6% 37 Middle 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 79.1% 43 Middle 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 74.1% 80 Bottom 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 35.8% 98 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 1.9% 78 Bottom 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 16.7% 97 Bottom 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 77.6% 88 Bottom 1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 100.0% 75 Bottom 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 4.1% 59 Middle 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 15.5 1 Top 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 29.2% 25 Top 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 96.4% 4 Top 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 15.6% 37 Middle 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 42.1% 3 Top 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 36.0% 32 Top 1.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 3.5 98 Bottom 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 16.1 11 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 15.2 65 Middle 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 124.9 68 Bottom 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 30.9% 74 Bottom 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 32.9 91 Bottom 4.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 0.0% 77 Bottom 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 79 15 Top 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.7 9 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 1.2 72 Bottom 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 54.5% 99 Bottom 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.5% 47 Middle 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 74.7 2 Top 4.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 29.1% 14 Top 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 17.2% 1 Top 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 144 27 Top 4.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 11.1% 40 Middle 5.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 11.4% 50 Middle 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 1.1% 8 Top 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 31.7% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 70.5 78.8
Population 2,490 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.5 0.44
Park Quality 91.5
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