Spring Lake
Spring Lake is a neighborhood in the Huffman community which stretches along the northerneastern edge of the city, across Edwards Lake Road from Roebuck, between Alabama State Highway 79 (Center Point Parkway) and Interstate 59, and mostly to the south of Dry Creek. It was named for the 500-acre Spring Lake Farms estate owned by developer Robert Jemison Jr off of Springville Road at the headwaters of Five Mile Creek.
Indicator Details
| Indicators | Primary Domain | Indicator Value |
Rank |
Tier | Indicator Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.8 | 1 | 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 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 1.3% | 4 | Top | 5.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 41.7% | 9 | Top | 2.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 17.6% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 85.7% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 92.0% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 3.0% | 17 | Top | 5.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 89.9% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 32.6 | 20 | Top | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.0% | 21 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 65.3 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 41.9% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 68.6% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 74.0% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 34.2% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.5% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.3% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 28.9% | 30 | Top | 3.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.1 | 32 | Top | 4.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 13.2% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.3% | 37 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.1% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.4 | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 11.8% | 52 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.9 | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.2 | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.8% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 16.3% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 60.6% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.5% | 79 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 41 | 80 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -18.1% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27.6 | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 22.8 | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 5.3% | 94 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 0.2 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
Demographic and Contextual Indicators
| Neighborhood | City Wide | |
|---|---|---|
| Income Inequality | 0.3 | 0.49 |
| Concentrated Poverty | 10.4% | 30.9% |
| Life Expectancy | 74.2 | 78.8 |
| Population | 5,390 | 210,616 |
| Racial and Ethnic Diversity | 0.5 | 0.44 |
| Park Quality | 43.1 |