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.
One of the benefits of Huntsville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.13 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small town, Huntsville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Huntsville, just 9.06% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
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.
