Brown Springs
Brown Springs is a neighborhood in the East Lake community of Birmingham. It was historically an agricultural area with fields and orchards. The settlement was centered around a natural spring on the outskirts of the city. 73rd Street provided an access point to the mining roads on Ruffner Mountain, just south of the community.
Indicator Details
| Indicators |
Primary Domain |
Indicator Value | Rank | Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -13.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 24.5% | 77 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 50.0% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 5.7 | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 10.0% | 68 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 79.6% | 41 | Middle | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 72.4% | 86 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 43.5% | 18 | Top | 3.00 |
| 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 | 9.2% | 13 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 41.6% | 44 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 80.1% | 68 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.1% | 80 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 25.9 | 63 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.2% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 90.2% | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 41.6% | 54 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.5 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 67.3 | 47 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 8.9 | 18 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 128.9 | 69 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 32.1% | 83 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 8.1 | 66 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 14.5% | 31 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 97.5% | 43 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 66.8 | 38 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.7 | 9 | Top | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 79.2% | 69 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 7.1% | 24 | Top | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3.7 | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 12.9% | 60 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 23.1% | 27 | Top | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 103 | 49 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 17.3% | 81 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 28.5% | 85 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 26.8% | 84 | Bottom | 5.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.4 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 31.7% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 72.1 | 78.8 |
| Population | 698 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.2 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 65.8 |