Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

Killough Springs

Killough Springs is a neighborhood in Birmingham's northeast Huffman community. It is adjacent to the neighborhoods of Roebuck, Huffman, Spring Lake, and Echo Highlands. Residents voted on June 16, 1959 to be annexed into the City of Birmingham.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Abandoned Structures	Blight	6.0%	29	Top	5.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	46.6%	18	Top	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	90.3%	55	Middle	1.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	83.2%	27	Top	3.00
Age of Housing	Housing	72.0%	22	Top	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-11.1%	61	Middle	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	12.2%	19	Top	1.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	6.4%	91	Bottom	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	87.4%	30	Top	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	38.2%	45	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	71.4%	34	Middle	2.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.0%	25	Top	3.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	27.1%	88	Bottom	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	16.2	72	Bottom	1.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	65.0%	34	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.7%	48	Middle	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	3.1	32	Top	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	43	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.1	44	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	50	74	Bottom	4.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	15.1%	60	Middle	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	30.3%	75	Bottom	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	25.2%	18	Top	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	46.7	29	Top	4.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	18.8%	12	Top	3.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	84.9%	41	Middle	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
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	0.3	92	Bottom	4.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	26.2	68	Bottom	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	26.5%	23	Top	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	18.3%	41	Middle	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	70.7	27	Top	4.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	2.8%	16	Top	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.8%	12	Top	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	21.3	94	Bottom	4.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Concentrated Poverty	22.7%	30.9%
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Life Expectancy	72.9	78.8
Park Quality	47.5
Population	3,877	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.2	0.44

These measures, while clearly significant to community health, may not fit the criteria of “actionable” at the neighborhood level or data may only be available at a city-wide level. Because individual neighborhoods may not have a direct impact on these measures, they have been excluded from the Neighborhood’s overall ranking. However, they are documented to provide “context” for the neighborhood which could potentially identify alternative avenues to improve community health.