About Chalkville

Chalkville is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 3,828 people and just one neighborhood, Chalkville is the 168th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Chalkville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chalkville is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Chalkville who work in office and administrative support jobs (21.66%), sales jobs (13.11%), and management occupations (6.75%).

Also of interest is that Chalkville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Chalkville is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Chalkville's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Chalkville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Chalkville 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. 99.35% 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.

Chalkville 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.

Chalkville Information and Demographics

The population of Chalkville overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Chalkville, 17.23% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Chalkville in 2000 was $19,929, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $79,716 for a family of four.

The people who call Chalkville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Chalkville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Chalkville include Irish, English, German, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Chalkville is English.