Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

South East Lake

South East Lake is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Roebuck-South East Lake community. It borders Irondale to the Southeast, Brown Springs and East Lake neighborhoods across Oporto-Madrid Boulevard on the Southwest, Wahouma and North East Lake across 1st Avenue North to the northwest, and Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck across Red Oak Road, Newport Avenue and Roebuck Springs Road to the north. I-59 traverses the neighborhood's northwest corner. The neighborhood includes the Ruffner Mountain Mountain Preserve.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	14.0%	67	Bottom	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	36.5%	39	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	82.9%	68	Bottom	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	74.1%	66	Middle	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	81.3%	40	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-11.6%	63	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	24.0%	46	Middle	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	21.3%	31	Top	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	89.1%	22	Top	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	50.6%	89	Bottom	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	76.9%	42	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	77.2%	53	Middle	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.9%	63	Middle	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	8.2	16	Top	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	60.5%	42	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	1.8%	18	Top	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	5.7	52	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	119	40	Middle	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	25.8%	35	Middle	3.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	5.8%	64	Middle	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	41.9%	45	Middle	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	77.9	61	Middle	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	16.2%	26	Top	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	75.3%	74	Bottom	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	2.6%	70	Bottom	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	13.7%	35	Middle	5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	28.2%	19	Top	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	1.5	85	Bottom	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	25.7	60	Middle	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	43.4%	11	Top	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	21.4%	54	Middle	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	78.7	39	Middle	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	12.1%	42	Middle	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.4%	35	Middle	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	53.5	48	Middle	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	36.3%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	71.9	78.8
Park Quality	68
Population	7,290	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.