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.
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.
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!) Chunchula 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. Chunchula has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chunchula than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chunchula may be for you.
One downside of living in Chunchula, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 32.09 minutes every day commuting to work.
Chunchula is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Chunchula isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100.00% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.
As is often the case in a small town, Chunchula doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Chunchula citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.00% of adults 25 and older in Chunchula have a college degree.
The per capita income in Chunchula in 2022 was $24,022, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,088 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 53.52% 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 Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chunchula include English, European, African, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.
The most common language spoken in Chunchula is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.