Healthy Communities Assessment Tool

South East Lake

South East Lake is a neighborhood in Birmingham's Roebuck-South East Lake community. It borders Irondale to the Southeast, Brown Springs and East Lake neighborhoods across Oporto-Madrid Boulevard on the Southwest, Wahouma and North East Lake across 1st Avenue North to the northwest, and Roebuck Springs-South Roebuck across Red Oak Road, Newport Avenue and Roebuck Springs Road to the north. I-59 traverses the neighborhood's northwest corner. The neighborhood includes the Ruffner Mountain Mountain Preserve.

Indicator Details

Indicators	Primary Domain	Indicator Value	Rank	Tier	Indicator Weight
Business Retention	Economic Health	-11.6%	63	Middle	1.00
Access to Mainstream Financial Services	Economic Health	36.5%	39	Middle	1.00
Local Business Vitality	Economic Health	60.5%	42	Middle	1.00
Payday Loans	Economic Health	0.8	56	Middle	1.00
Reading Proficiency	Educational Opportunities	16.2%	26	Top	3.00
Adult Educational Attainment	Educational Opportunities	74.1%	66	Middle	3.00
High School Graduation Rate	Educational Opportunities	77.2%	53	Middle	3.00
School Readiness Scores	Educational Opportunities	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Preschool Enrollment	Educational Opportunities	25.8%	35	Middle	3.00
Residential Proximity to Traffic	Environmental Hazards	2.6%	70	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	5.8%	64	Middle	1.00
Toxic Releases from Facilities	Environmental Hazards	28.2%	19	Top	1.00
Public Assisted Households	Employment Opportunities	41.9%	45	Middle	1.00
Employment Rate	Employment Opportunities	89.1%	22	Top	1.00
Long-Term Unemployment	Employment Opportunities	1.8%	18	Top	1.00
Travel Time to Work	Employment Opportunities	25.7	60	Middle	1.00
Vacancy Rates	Housing	21.4%	54	Middle	1.00
Age of Housing	Housing	81.3%	40	Middle	1.00
Blood Lead Levels in Children	Housing	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Excessive Housing Cost Burden	Housing	50.6%	89	Bottom	1.00
Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles	Health Systems and Public Safety	0.2	55	Middle	4.00
Public Health Nuisances	Health Systems and Public Safety	77.9	61	Middle	4.00
Infant Mortality Rate	Health Systems and Public Safety	8.2	16	Top	1.00
Violent Crime	Health Systems and Public Safety	78.7	39	Middle	4.00
Chronic School Absence	Health Systems and Public Safety	24.0%	46	Middle	1.00
Low Birth Weight	Health Systems and Public Safety	-%	-	Data N/A	1.00
Motor Vehicle Collisions	Health Systems and Public Safety	5.7	52	Middle	4.00
Preventable Hospitalizations	Health Systems and Public Safety	-	-	Data N/A	1.00
Tree Cover	Natural Areas	43.4%	11	Top	1.00
Access to Parks and Open Space	Natural Areas	82.9%	68	Bottom	1.00
Walkability	Neighborhood Characteristics	53.5	48	Middle	4.00
Land Use Mix	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.7	9	Top	1.00
Offsite Alcohol Outlets	Neighborhood Characteristics	0.4	45	Middle	1.00
Food Desert	Neighborhood Characteristics	76.9%	42	Middle	2.00
Residential Mobility	Social Cohesion	75.3%	74	Bottom	1.00
Voter Participation	Social Cohesion	6.4%	35	Middle	1.00
Transit Accessibility	Transportation	1.5	85	Bottom	4.00
Commute Mode Share	Transportation	21.3%	31	Top	4.00
Household Transportation Costs	Transportation	25.9%	63	Middle	4.00
Pedestrian Connectivity	Transportation	119	40	Middle	4.00
Abandoned Structures	Blight	14.0%	67	Bottom	5.00
Tax Delinquent Properties	Blight	13.7%	35	Middle	5.00
Visual Property Nuisances	Blight	12.1%	42	Middle	5.00

Demographic and Contextual Indicators

	Neighborhood	City Wide
Income Inequality	0.4	0.49
Concentrated Poverty	36.3%	30.9%
Life Expectancy	71.9	78.8
Population	7,290	210,616
Racial and Ethnic Diversity	0.3	0.44
Park Quality	68

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.