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Roebuck Springs

Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck, commonly simplified to Roebuck Springs is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Roebuck-South East Lake community. It is located south of I-59 from the Roebuck and Huffman neighborhoods, east of North East Lake and South East Lake, and north of Irondale and Liberty Highlands. The neighborhood includes the historic Roebuck Springs subdivision and the northern half of the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve.

Indicator Details

Indicators Primary Domainsort descending Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 52.4% 13 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 72.8% 19 Top 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 1.1 62 Middle 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -8.0% 47 Middle 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 84.2% 20 Top 3.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 77.2% 53 Middle 3.00
School Readiness Scores Educational Opportunities -% - Data N/A 1.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 27.5% 33 Top 3.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 20.0% 10 Top 3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 4.9% 78 Bottom 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 42.9% 25 Top 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 11.1% 8 Top 1.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 91.9% 17 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 1.8% 18 Top 1.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 27.1 80 Bottom 1.00
Age of Housing Housing 93.1% 90 Bottom 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 30.6% 16 Top 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 14.9% 36 Middle 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 25.8% 54 Middle 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 14.2 78 Bottom 4.00
Preventable Hospitalizations Health Systems and Public Safety - - Data N/A 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0.1 44 Middle 4.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 61.3 37 Middle 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 6.6 10 Top 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 68.2 25 Top 4.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 100.0% 1 Top 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 41.0% 13 Top 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 50.0% 13 Top 2.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 40.3 62 Middle 4.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.8 1 Top 1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 1.1 67 Bottom 1.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 6.5% 32 Top 1.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 88.1% 27 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 12.5% 62 Middle 4.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 27.1% 88 Bottom 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 31 87 Bottom 4.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 2.2 80 Bottom 4.00
Abandoned Structures Blight 3.9% 10 Top 5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties Blight 4.3% 20 Top 5.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 2.1% 12 Top 5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Income Inequality 0.4 0.49
Concentrated Poverty 9.7% 30.9%
Life Expectancy 72.3 78.8
Population 2,611 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.5 0.44
Park Quality 76.9
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