Blountsville is a somewhat small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,682 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Blountsville is the 90th largest community in Alabama.

Blountsville is a blue-collar town, with 44.4% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 24.7%. Overall, Blountsville is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Blountsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (11.40%), sales jobs (9.31%), and teaching (4.99%).

One downside of living in Blountsville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Blountsville, the average commute to work is 31.81 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Blountsville is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Blountsville 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. 97.61% 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.

Blountsville 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.

Blountsville Information and Demographics

The citizens of Blountsville have a very low rate of college education: just 8.53% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 14.96% for all cities.

The per capita income in Blountsville in 2000 was $14,475, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $57,900 for a family of four.

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

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