Southside (Birmingham)

For the area of the British city of the same name, see Southside, Birmingham.
Southside
View of Birmingham looking north from the crest of Red Mountain, with Southside (including UAB and Ramsay High School) in the immediate foreground.
View of Birmingham looking north from the crest of Red Mountain, with Southside (including UAB and Ramsay High School) in the immediate foreground.
Coordinates: 33°30′2″N 86°48′0″W / 33.50056°N 86.80000°W / 33.50056; -86.80000
Time zoneUTC−6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−5 (CDT)
ZIP Codes
35205
Area code(s)205, 659

The historic Southside community is situated on the hilly and forested slopes of Red Mountain just south of Birmingham, Alabama's central business district. The neighborhood includes the landscape from Railroad Park to the crest of Red Mountain, and from Interstate 65 to U.S. Highway 31 (or "Red Mountain Expressway"). It is one of the most densely populated residential neighborhoods in the city and home to the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and its adjacent hospitals, the state's second-largest employer.[1] The Birmingham Business Journal anticipated Southside to have the highest income growth of any zip code in the metro area.[2]

  1. ^ "Top-of-the-list alabamas largest employers".
  2. ^ McFall, Anna (April 11, 2014). "Meet Birmingham's 10 hotspots for future wealth growth". www.bizjournals.com. Birmingham Business Journal. Archived from the original on April 17, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2023.