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