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Gate City

Gate City is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. It occupies the area north of I-20 and south of the East Lake neighborhood, centered on Georgia Road and including the Marks Village housing project. which was constructed in the 1950s. It is bordered by South Woodlawn to the west, Oak Ridge Park and Eastwood to the south, and Brown Springs to the east. Gate City was named because it was the first Birmingham neighborhood entered through Red Gap from Irondale to the northeast. Five major railroads used that approach into Birmingham.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Payday Loans Economic Health 1.5 76 Bottom 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health 0.0% 22 Top 1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 10.4% 98 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 71.4% 22 Top 1.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 20.5% 47 Middle 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 6.5% 88 Bottom 3.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 59.4% 99 Bottom 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 72.4% 86 Bottom 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
School Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 10.0% 98 Bottom 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 25.4 59 Middle 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 116.7% 99 Bottom 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 65.5% 94 Bottom 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 47.4% 80 Bottom 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 14.6% 33 Top 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 90.7% 81 Bottom 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
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 1.3 12 Top 4.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0 1 Top 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 9.8 3 Top 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 16 71 Bottom 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 196.7 87 Bottom 4.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 32.9% 86 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 8.2% 42 Middle 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 75.0% 38 Middle 2.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.6 39 Middle 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 33.3 70 Bottom 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0.5 50 Middle 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 81.7% 59 Middle 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 8.2% 6 Top 1.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 22.5% 17 Top 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 126 35 Middle 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 8.2 19 Top 4.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 17.8% 44 Middle 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 12.5% 61 Middle 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 29.3% 87 Bottom 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 37.4% 98 Bottom 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 82.8% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 73.4 78.8
Population 2,033 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0 0.44
Park Quality 62.3
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