Hartselle is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 11,764 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Hartselle is the 58th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities, Hartselle isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hartselle are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hartselle is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hartselle who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.22%), sales jobs (11.21%), and management occupations (7.87%).

Hartselle is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Hartselle, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.76% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

As is often the case in a small city, Hartselle doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Hartselle Information and Demographics

The citizens of Hartselle are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 19.12% of adults in Hartselle having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hartselle in 2000 was $20,727, which is wealthy relative to Alabama, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $82,908 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Hartselle is English.