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

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

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

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.