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Spring Lake

Spring Lake is a neighborhood in the Huffman community which stretches along the northerneastern edge of the city, across Edwards Lake Road from Roebuck, between Alabama State Highway 79 (Center Point Parkway) and Interstate 59, and mostly to the south of Dry Creek. It was named for the 500-acre Spring Lake Farms estate owned by developer Robert Jemison Jr off of Springville Road at the headwaters of Five Mile Creek.

Indicator Details

Indicatorssort descending Primary Domain Indicator Value Rank Tier Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures Blight 8.3% 37 Middle 5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services Economic Health 41.9% 25 Top 1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space Natural Areas 60.6% 79 Bottom 1.00
Adult Educational Attainment Educational Opportunities 85.7% 15 Top 3.00
Age of Housing Housing 74.0% 26 Top 1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children Housing -% - Data N/A 1.00
Business Retention Economic Health -18.1% 81 Bottom 1.00
Chronic School Absence Health Systems and Public Safety 17.3% 29 Top 1.00
Commute Mode Share Transportation 5.3% 94 Bottom 4.00
Employment Rate Employment Opportunities 92.0% 16 Top 1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden Housing 34.2% 26 Top 1.00
Food Desert Neighborhood Characteristics 41.7% 9 Top 2.00
High School Graduation Rate Educational Opportunities 80.0% 25 Top 3.00
Household Transportation Costs Transportation 26.5% 79 Bottom 4.00
Infant Mortality Rate Health Systems and Public Safety 15.2 65 Middle 1.00
Land Use Mix Neighborhood Characteristics 0.8 1 Top 1.00
Local Business Vitality Economic Health 68.6% 25 Top 1.00
Long-Term Unemployment Employment Opportunities 2.0% 21 Top 1.00
Low Birth Weight Health Systems and Public Safety -% - Data N/A 1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions Health Systems and Public Safety 3.1 32 Top 4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets Neighborhood Characteristics 0.4 45 Middle 1.00
Payday Loans Economic Health 0.9 60 Middle 1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles Health Systems and Public Safety 0.2 55 Middle 4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity Transportation 41 80 Bottom 4.00
Preschool Enrollment Educational Opportunities 28.9% 30 Top 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 16.3% 71 Bottom 1.00
Public Assisted Households Employment Opportunities 17.6% 12 Top 1.00
Public Health Nuisances Health Systems and Public Safety 32.6 20 Top 4.00
Reading Proficiency Educational Opportunities 11.8% 52 Middle 3.00
Residential Mobility Social Cohesion 89.9% 19 Top 1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic Environmental Hazards 0.8% 67 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 3.0% 17 Top 5.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities Environmental Hazards 0.0% 1 Top 1.00
Transit Accessibility Transportation 0.2 95 Bottom 4.00
Travel Time to Work Employment Opportunities 27.6 82 Bottom 1.00
Tree Cover Natural Areas 13.2% 33 Top 1.00
Vacancy Rates Housing 13.5% 28 Top 1.00
Violent Crime Health Systems and Public Safety 65.3 22 Top 4.00
Visual Property Nuisances Blight 1.3% 4 Top 5.00
Voter Participation Social Cohesion 6.1% 39 Middle 1.00
Walkability Neighborhood Characteristics 22.8 93 Bottom 4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

Neighborhood City Wide
Concentrated Poverty 10.4% 30.9%
Income Inequality 0.3 0.49
Life Expectancy 74.2 78.8
Park Quality 43.1
Population 5,390 210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity 0.5 0.44
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