Huntsville is a relatively large city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 157,899 people and 53 constituent neighborhoods, Huntsville is the fourth largest community in Alabama.

Huntsville is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Huntsville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.04%), sales jobs (10.89%), and management occupations (9.36%).

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

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.27 minutes getting to work every day.

"If you live in Huntsville, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Huntsville residents do (97.3%). Huntsville is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Huntsville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Huntsville are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.07% of adults in Huntsville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Huntsville in 2000 was $24,015, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,060 for a family of four.

Huntsville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Huntsville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Huntsville is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Huntsville include English, German, Irish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Huntsville is English. Some people also speak Spanish.