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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chunchula is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chunchula is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Chunchula who work in teaching (30.77%), office and administrative support (25.64%), and management occupations (20.51%). 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. 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. Being a small town, Chunchula does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In terms of college education, Chunchula is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 25.93% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Chunchula in 2022 was $22,139, 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 $88,556 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 58.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.Chunchula is a very 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, African, 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.
