About Huntsville

Huntsville is a very small city located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 1,938 people and just one neighborhood, Huntsville is the 165th largest community in Arkansas.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Huntsville is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 42.9% of the Huntsville workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Huntsville is a city of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Huntsville who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.37%), sales jobs (7.63%), and management occupations (6.84%).

Huntsville is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Huntsville Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Huntsville with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 14.96% for all communities. 12.32% of adults in Huntsville have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Huntsville in 2000 was $14,686, which is middle income relative to Arkansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $58,744 for a family of four.

Huntsville is a somewhat 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 Native American. Huntsville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.42% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Huntsville include English, Irish, and German.

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