Mason City
Mason City is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Southwest community. It is located west of Montevallo Road/Martin Luther King, Jr Drive, and south of the West End Manor and Woodland Park neighborhoods across the CSX Railroad tracks and Nabor's Branch. On the west it abuts the Powderly neighborhood, bounded by Cooper Green Park. Part of the neighborhood extends south of Spaulding-Ishkooda Road on the north slope of Red Mountain, abutting the Oxmoor neighborhood.
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 |
| 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 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 36.8% | 6 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 3.9% | 10 | Top | 5.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 29.7% | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 83.0% | 12 | Top | 3.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 44.4% | 13 | Top | 3.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 70.5% | 18 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 88.1% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 2.8 | 28 | Top | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 15.0% | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.7% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 37.8% | 34 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 71.4% | 34 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 78.9 | 40 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 17.7% | 41 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 84.8% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 24.2% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 69.4 | 48 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 14.1% | 51 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 91.2% | 53 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 4.2 | 56 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 14 | 57 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 42.7% | 61 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 1.1 | 62 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 4.7% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 4.9% | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.5 | 64 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 53.9% | 66 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.1 | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 95.5% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 57 | 70 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 24.7% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.8% | 74 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.4% | 76 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 31.8 | 76 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 63.0% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 8.3% | 80 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 36.4 | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 47.7% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 73.1 | 78.8 |
| Population | 951 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 94.6 |