 Downtown Birmingham is 13 mi (21 km) to the northwest, and Chelsea is 8 mi (13 km) southeast, both via U.S. 280.According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the community has a total area of , of which is land and (1.87%) is water.At the 2000 census there were 5,799 people, 2,789 households, and 1,327 families living in the community.