Chunchula is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 195 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chunchula is the 385th largest community in Alabama.Unlike some towns, Chunchula isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Chunchula are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Chunchula is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Chunchula who work in teaching (30.77%), office and administrative support (25.64%), and management occupations (20.51%). Overall, Chunchula’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Chunchula has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Chunchula has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chunchula than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chunchula may be for you. 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. Chunchula 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.The percentage of people in Chunchula who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.93% of adults in Chunchula have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Chunchula in 2022 was $22,139, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,556 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 58.55% of its population below the federal poverty line.Chunchula is a very ethnically-diverse town. 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 English, African, Yugoslavian, Other West Indian, and West Indian. The most common language spoken in Chunchula is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
