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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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