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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transit Accessibility | Transportation | 0.2 | 95 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Commute Mode Share | Transportation | 5.3% | 94 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Walkability | Neighborhood Characteristics | 22.8 | 93 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Travel Time to Work | Employment Opportunities | 27.6 | 82 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Business Retention | Economic Health | -18.1% | 81 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian Connectivity | Transportation | 41 | 80 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Access to Parks and Open Space | Natural Areas | 60.6% | 79 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Household Transportation Costs | Transportation | 26.5% | 79 | Bottom | 4.00 |
| Proximity to Superfund Sites | Environmental Hazards | 16.3% | 71 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Residential Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.8% | 67 | Bottom | 1.00 |
| Infant Mortality Rate | Health Systems and Public Safety | 15.2 | 65 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Payday Loans | Economic Health | 0.9 | 60 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Pedestrian & Bicycle Injuries by Motor Vehicles | Health Systems and Public Safety | 0.2 | 55 | Middle | 4.00 |
| Reading Proficiency | Educational Opportunities | 11.8% | 52 | Middle | 3.00 |
| Offsite Alcohol Outlets | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.4 | 45 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Voter Participation | Social Cohesion | 6.1% | 39 | Middle | 1.00 |
| Abandoned Structures | Blight | 8.3% | 37 | Middle | 5.00 |
| Tree Cover | Natural Areas | 13.2% | 33 | Top | 1.00 |
| Motor Vehicle Collisions | Health Systems and Public Safety | 3.1 | 32 | Top | 4.00 |
| Preschool Enrollment | Educational Opportunities | 28.9% | 30 | Top | 3.00 |
| Chronic School Absence | Health Systems and Public Safety | 17.3% | 29 | Top | 1.00 |
| Vacancy Rates | Housing | 13.5% | 28 | Top | 1.00 |
| Age of Housing | Housing | 74.0% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
| Excessive Housing Cost Burden | Housing | 34.2% | 26 | Top | 1.00 |
| Access to Mainstream Financial Services | Economic Health | 41.9% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| High School Graduation Rate | Educational Opportunities | 80.0% | 25 | Top | 3.00 |
| Local Business Vitality | Economic Health | 68.6% | 25 | Top | 1.00 |
| Violent Crime | Health Systems and Public Safety | 65.3 | 22 | Top | 4.00 |
| Long-Term Unemployment | Employment Opportunities | 2.0% | 21 | Top | 1.00 |
| Public Health Nuisances | Health Systems and Public Safety | 32.6 | 20 | Top | 4.00 |
| Residential Mobility | Social Cohesion | 89.9% | 19 | Top | 1.00 |
| Tax Delinquent Properties | Blight | 3.0% | 17 | Top | 5.00 |
| Employment Rate | Employment Opportunities | 92.0% | 16 | Top | 1.00 |
| Adult Educational Attainment | Educational Opportunities | 85.7% | 15 | Top | 3.00 |
| Public Assisted Households | Employment Opportunities | 17.6% | 12 | Top | 1.00 |
| Food Desert | Neighborhood Characteristics | 41.7% | 9 | Top | 2.00 |
| Visual Property Nuisances | Blight | 1.3% | 4 | Top | 5.00 |
| Land Use Mix | Neighborhood Characteristics | 0.8 | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| School Proximity to Traffic | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Proximity to Brownfield Sites | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Toxic Releases from Facilities | Environmental Hazards | 0.0% | 1 | Top | 1.00 |
| Preventable Hospitalizations | Health Systems and Public Safety | - | - | Data N/A | 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 |
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 |