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Zion City

Zion City is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. It is bounded by Roebuck to the northeast and east, by North East Lake to the southeast and south, Airport Highlands and Brownsville Heights to the west, and Penfield Park to the northwest. The neighborhood was annexed into Birmingham about 1960. In recent times much southern end of the neighborhood has been purchased by the Birmingham Airport Authority for expansion and noise mitigation.

Indicator Details

Indicatorssort descending Primary Domain Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures Blight 8.6% 40 Middle 5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 29.8% 60 Middle 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 97.3% 44 Middle 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 66.9% 93 Bottom 3.00
Age of Housing Housing 71.9% 21 Top 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 4.5% 3 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 6.0% 92 Bottom 4.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 76.9% 82 Bottom 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 57.3% 96 Bottom 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 100.0% 56 Middle 2.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 26.2% 69 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 11.6 30 Top 1.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0 94 Bottom 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 66.7% 29 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 2.7% 33 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 4.2 44 Middle 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0 1 Top 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 6.3 99 Bottom 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0 1 Top 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 66 63 Middle 4.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 55.2% 7 Top 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 27.3% 22 Top 1.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 101.6 80 Bottom 4.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 19.0% 11 Top 3.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 89.3% 22 Top 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 20.7% 57 Middle 5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 6 33 Top 4.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 26.8 77 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 7.1% 43 Middle 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 12.8% 25 Top 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 101.6 58 Middle 4.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 4.5% 20 Top 5.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 5.0% 59 Middle 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 30.3 78 Bottom 4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Concentrated Poverty 46.0% 30.9%
Income Inequality 0.5 0.49
Life Expectancy 73.4 78.8
Park Quality 48.3
Population 315 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.3 0.44
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