Gurley is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 850 people and two associated neighborhoods, Gurley is the 314th largest community in Alabama. Gurley real estate is some of the most expensive in Alabama, although Gurley house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Gurley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Gurley is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Gurley who work in office and administrative support (17.75%), healthcare (9.96%), and teaching (7.36%). Also of interest is that Gurley has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Gurley has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Gurley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gurley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gurley may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Gurley doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Gurley citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.06% of adults in Gurley have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Gurley in 2022 was $31,034, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,136 for a family of four. However, Gurley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Gurley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gurley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gurley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gurley include German, English, Italian, Scots-Irish, and Swedish. The most common language spoken in Gurley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.
