Huntsville.
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Alabama·Madison County
73 tracts·208K people·$294K median·931/mi²
White 56 · Black 29 · Hispanic 8 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 2 · Other 1
Married couple 39 · Living alone 38 · Other 23
Professional 38 · Health 20 · Manufacturing 15 · Retail 14 · Leisure 8 · Public admin 3 · Other 2
Management · business · science · arts 51 · Sales · office 18 · Service 14 · Production · transport 11 · Construction · maintenance 6
Drive alone 76 · Work from home 14 · Carpool 12 · Walk 1 · Transit 0 · Bike 0
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The median home value in Huntsville is $293,600 (Census ACS) — 0.6× the US median of $458,812.
Huntsville has 222,791 residents across 58 census tracts and 59 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 36.9; the population is 55.9% White, 28.8% Black, 8.0% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% Multiracial, 2.1% Asian and 0.6% Other; the average household has 2.2 people; 47.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 12.6% (Census ACS).
Hampton Cove Elementary (84%), Monte Sano Elementary School (81%) and Mountain Gap Elementary School (81%) lead the elementary schools; Hampton Cove Middle School (77%), Mountain Gap Middle School (60%) and Academy For Science Foreign Language Middle School (58%) lead the middle schools; New Century Technology High School (70%), Huntsville High School (42%) and Virgil Grissom High School (33%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,171/month, 26% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Huntsville is $74,714 a year, 13% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Huntsville, median rent is $1,171/month and the median home value is $293,600 (Census ACS).
Huntsville reported 1.3 violent crimes and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 89°F; winter lows average 33°F; there are 72 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 57 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Huntsville are cold wave (99), drought (97) and tornado (96), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.20g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
Huntsville scores 10.0 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 1.1% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).