Huntsville is a very small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 1,726 people and two associated neighborhoods, Huntsville is the 265th largest community in Tennessee.When you are in Huntsville, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 44.43% of Huntsville’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Huntsville is a town of production and manufacturing workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntsville who work in management occupations (9.65%), teaching (8.49%), and law enforcement and fire fighting (8.15%). 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. As is often the case in a small town, Huntsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Huntsville has a very low overall level of education: only 9.06% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher. 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.
