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Planning Geographies

This section includes planning area context maps at several scales, and maps that show how the Southside Choice Neighborhood Planning Area relates to census tracts, police beats, and other boundaries used to collect and report information.

Demographics

This section presents information drawn from the 2009-2013 American Community Survey concerning the demographic characteristics of the neighborhood, as well as information on population density within the CNI Impact Area. The Southside CNI Impact Area includes the following census tracts: 13.02 (includes Oak Lawn), 14 (Maysville), 15.01 (includes Thomas James Place & Boykin Tower), 15.02 (includes R.V. Taylor Plaza), and 13.02 (Maryvale).

Land Use, Assets, & Features

This section includes maps and data illustrating existing neighborhood use patterns including zoning, existing neighborhood programs and initiatives, environmental features and a variety of neighborhood assets including schools, churches, daycare facilities, and social services.

Transportation

This section provides information regarding transportation options within the CNI impact area, including maps illustrating transit, bicycle, and pedestrian routes.

 

Data Sources & Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the City of Mobile for providing GIS files that contained the information used to generate most of the maps included in this Data Book for the Southside Choice Neighborhoods Planning Area. For more information regarding citywide and neighborhood planning initiatives in Mobile, please visit http://www.cityofmobile.org, and http://www.mapformobile.org.

Population and housing counts and social characteristics are based on data from two U.S. Census Bureau data resources:
  • The 2010 U.S. Census provides a snapshot of the U.S. population and basic count of housing as of April 1, 2010. The U.S. Census is conducted once every ten years for the purpose of congressional apportionment and legislative redistricting. Data collected in decennial census is available on a block level and includes population by age, race, hispanic origin, household relationship and sex, and limited housing data.
  • The American Community Survey (ACS) is intended to measure the changing social and economic characteristics of the population. The ACS is a nationwide, continuous survey designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, housing, social and economic data each year. Because ACS data are collected continuously, they are not always comparable with data collected from the decennial census. ACS data is reported as 1, 3, or 5-year estimates depending on the census geography. One year estimates are available at the municipal level, but 5-year estimates must be used for census tracts. Because only a few surveys may be collected in any given year for a particular census tract, there is sometimes a wide margin of error for a particular data set that must be considered when analyzing data.
  • For more demographic information, please visit http://www.census.gov
Other data sources include:
  • Mobile Area Water and Sewer System
  • Mobile County Revenue Commission
  • Alabama Department of Human Resources Daycare Directory System
  • Mobile Gas Service Corp.
  • City of Mobile Urban Development Department and City of Mobile GIS Department.