Chunchula is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 195 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chunchula is the 385th largest community in Alabama.Chunchula is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.72% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Chunchula is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Chunchula who work in healthcare suport services (42.06%), office and administrative support (20.56%), and teaching (14.95%). The overall crime rate in Chunchula is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Chunchula has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chunchula a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Chunchula, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.43 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Chunchula is a very car-oriented town. 100.00% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Chunchula is a small town , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Chunchula has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well. Chunchula is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The citizens of Chunchula are slightly less educated than the national average of 21.84% for the average city or town: 16.40% of adults in Chunchula have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree The per capita income in Chunchula in 2022 was $26,692, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $106,768 for a family of four. However, Chunchula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chunchula also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 57.60% of its population below the federal poverty line.Chunchula is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chunchula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chunchula residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chunchula include English, European, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. The most common language spoken in Chunchula is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
