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