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
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 6.3 | 99 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 57.3% | 96 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 66.9% | 93 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 6.0% | 92 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 76.9% | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 101.6 | 80 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 30.3 | 78 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 26.8 | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.2% | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 66 | 63 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 29.8% | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 5.0% | 59 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 101.6 | 58 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 20.7% | 57 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 97.3% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 4.2 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 7.1% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.6% | 40 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.7% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 6 | 33 | Top | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 11.6 | 30 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 66.7% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 12.8% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | 0.0% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 89.3% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 27.3% | 22 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 71.9% | 21 | Top | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 4.5% | 20 | Top | 5.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 19.0% | 11 | Top | 3.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 55.2% | 7 | Top | 3.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 4.5% | 3 | Top | 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 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 46.0% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 73.4 | 78.8 |
| Population | 315 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.3 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 48.3 |