Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Huntsville is worth considering.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Huntsville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.13 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Huntsville 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 Huntsville have a very low rate of college education: just 9.06% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Huntsville in 2022 was $16,595, which is low income relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $66,380 for a family of four. Huntsville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 39.20% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Huntsville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Huntsville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Huntsville include English, Irish, Scots-Irish, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Huntsville is English. Other important languages spoken here include West Germanic languages and Polish.
