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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 16.3% | 76 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 26.8% | 77 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 25.7% | 82 | Bottom | 5.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 3.5 | 66 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 36.2% | 5 | Top | 4.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 24.0% | 38 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 119 | 40 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 88.1% | 27 | Top | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 3.8% | 93 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 57 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.4 | 76 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 1.2 | 72 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 100.0% | 56 | Middle | 2.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 0.3% | 73 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 89.0% | 58 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.5 | 81 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 81.6 | 64 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.5 | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 85.1 | 44 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 19.1% | 35 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Low Birth Weight | Health Systems and Public Safety | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.7 | 39 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 25.4% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 96.4% | 98 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Blood Lead Levels in Children | Housing | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 56.8% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 84.8% | 94 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 73.1% | 90 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 5.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27 | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 52.6% | 99 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 95 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 100.0% | 75 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 13.7% | 40 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 71.7% | 75 | Bottom | 3.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 75.9% | 57 | Middle | 3.00 |
| School Readiness Scores | Educational Opportunities | -% | - | Data N/A | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 19.0% | 51 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -10.5% | 58 | Middle | 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 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.4 | 42 | Middle | 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 |