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, Huntsville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Huntsville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.13 minutes getting to work every day.
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.
