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 Domain | Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 79 | 15 | Top | 4.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.5% | 47 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 11.1% | 40 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 124.9 | 68 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 15.6% | 37 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.0% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 15.5 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 74.7 | 2 | Top | 4.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 1.1% | 8 | Top | 5.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 16.7% | 97 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 35.8% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 54.5% | 99 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 14.6% | 37 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 16.1 | 11 | Top | 4.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 29.2% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 77.6% | 88 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 1.9% | 78 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 44.4% | 13 | Top | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 144 | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.5 | 98 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.2 | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 32.9 | 91 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 4.1% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 72.2% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.2 | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 17.2% | 1 | Top | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 74.1% | 80 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 36.0% | 32 | Top | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 96.4% | 4 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 29.1% | 14 | Top | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 30.9% | 74 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -17.2% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 42.1% | 3 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 79.1% | 43 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 100.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 45.7% | 20 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 11.4% | 50 | Middle | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Population | 2,490 | 210,616 |
| Park Quality | 91.5 | |
| Life Expectancy | 70.5 | 78.8 |
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 31.7% | 30.9% |