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