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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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