Chunchula is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 195 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Chunchula is the 385th largest community in Alabama.
The overall crime rate in Chunchula is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Chunchula has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Chunchula a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in Chunchula, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.40 minutes every day commuting to work.
Chunchula is a small town, 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 Chunchula, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Being a small town, Chunchula does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Chunchula ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Chunchula in 2018 was $15,568, which is low income relative to Alabama and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $62,272 for a family of four. However, Chunchula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chunchula also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.32% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Chunchula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chunchula residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chunchula include African, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, West Indian, and U.S. Virgin Islander.
The most common language spoken in Chunchula is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.