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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

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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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