Collegeville
Collegeville developed as an industrial area with worker's housing built adjacent to factories and mills owned by the Sloss-Sheffield Corporation, L&N Railroad, Southern Railroad, U. S. Pipe, Jim Walters Corporation and GATX Tank Corporation. The neighborhood took its name from the Lauderdale College elementary school, sometimes called "the college", which operated at the corner of 27th Court and 34th Place North until it burned in 1916.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 52.6% | 99 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 96.4% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 56.8% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 84.8% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.8% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 73.1% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 20.1% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 40.3% | 87 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 25.7% | 82 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.5 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27 | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.5 | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 26.8% | 77 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.4 | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 16.3% | 76 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 25.4% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.7% | 75 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.3% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.2 | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3.5 | 66 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 81.6 | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -10.5% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 89.0% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.9% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 19.0% | 51 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 57 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 85.1 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.4 | 42 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 13.7% | 40 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 119 | 40 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.7 | 39 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 24.0% | 38 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.1% | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.1% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 36.2% | 5 | Top | 4.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| 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 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.5 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 67.1% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 67.8 | 78.8 |
| Population | 2,597 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 74.2 |