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
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	21.3	94	Bottom	4.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	0.3	92	Bottom	4.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	6.4%	91	Bottom	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	27.1%	88	Bottom	4.00
Proximity to Superfund Sites	Environmental Hazards	30.3%	75	Bottom	1.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	50	74	Bottom	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	16.2	72	Bottom	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	26.2	68	Bottom	1.00
Business Retention	Economic Health	-11.1%	61	Middle	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	15.1%	60	Middle	3.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	90.3%	55	Middle	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	3.7%	48	Middle	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	38.2%	45	Middle	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.1	44	Middle	4.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.3	43	Middle	1.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	84.9%	41	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	18.3%	41	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	65.0%	34	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	71.4%	34	Middle	2.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	3.1	32	Top	4.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	87.4%	30	Top	1.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	46.7	29	Top	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	6.0%	29	Top	5.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	70.7	27	Top	4.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	83.2%	27	Top	3.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	80.0%	25	Top	3.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	26.5%	23	Top	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	72.0%	22	Top	1.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	12.2%	19	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	25.2%	18	Top	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	46.6%	18	Top	1.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	3.0%	17	Top	5.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	2.8%	16	Top	5.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	7.8%	12	Top	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	18.8%	12	Top	3.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Proximity to Brownfield Sites	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
School Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	1.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	0.0%	1	Top	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
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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

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.