Guntersville is a somewhat small city located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 7,214 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Guntersville is the 100th largest community in Alabama.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Guntersville is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Guntersville is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Guntersville who work in sales jobs (16.37%), office and administrative support jobs (13.24%), and management occupations (10.52%).

Guntersville is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Guntersville 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. 98.23% 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.

Being a small city, Guntersville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Guntersville Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Guntersville is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.64% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Guntersville in 2000 was $18,503, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $74,012 for a family of four.

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

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