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City in Alabama

Huntsville, AL

Madison County

County seat of Madison County, Alabama, United States.

Population
230,402 (2024)
Density
1,023 / sq mi
Land area
225.3 sq mi
Water area
1.5 sq mi
Elevation
633 ft
Founded
1805
Coordinates
34.6977, -86.6767

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Photos of Huntsville

  • Davidson Center-27527-1

    Ken Thomas · Public domain

  • Davidson Center-27527-2

    Ken Thomas · Public domain

  • Davidson Center-27527-3

    Ken Thomas · Public domain

  • Deltacom home office huntsville

    Aves · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • F-1 fuel injector

    James E. Scarborough · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • RL-10 with cutaway

    James E. Scarborough · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • H-1 engine on display

    James E. Scarborough · CC BY-SA 3.0

  • H-1 turbopump 3

    James E. Scarborough · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Climate

July average high
92°F
January average low
33°F
Annual rainfall
54.3 in
Annual snowfall
2.4 in
  1. 52° 33° Jan 5.0"
  2. 57° 36° Feb 5.1"
  3. 66° 43° Mar 5.4"
  4. 75° 51° Apr 4.9"
  5. 83° 60° May 4.7"
  6. 89° 68° Jun 4.1"
  7. 92° 71° Jul 4.5"
  8. 91° 70° Aug 3.6"
  9. 87° 63° Sep 3.5"
  10. 76° 52° Oct 3.6"
  11. 64° 41° Nov 4.3"
  12. 55° 36° Dec 5.9"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Huntsville Intnl Ap (12 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Huntsville ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$70,778
Median rent
$1,078 / mo
Median home value
$263,100
Median age
36.4
Unemployment
4.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher
46.2%
Poverty rate
13.8%
Renter-occupied homes
41.9%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
52
Students enrolled
26,213
Students per teacher
18.4 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
52.1%
Charter schools
0.0%
School districts serving the city
3

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Districts: Huntsville City, Madison County, Al Inst Deaf And Blind

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
41.7%
No leisure-time physical activity
24.5%
Adults with diabetes
12.0%
Adults who smoke
13.3%
Frequent mental distress
16.7%
Sleeping under 7 hours
40.0%
Adults without health insurance
9.8%
Routine checkup in past year
79.6%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
53.2%
Share of city that is parkland
8.0%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
9.7
Median air quality index (county)
42
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
90.8%
Households with no internet
6.2%
Average commute
19.3 min
Work from home
13.1%
Commute by transit
0.3%
Commute on foot
1.3%
Commute by bike
0.1%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Madison County as relatively high overall for natural hazard risk, with 6 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Tornado: relatively high
  • Strong wind: relatively high
  • Lightning: very high
  • Cold wave: relatively high

Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 35671
  • 35741
  • 35748
  • 35749
  • 35756
  • 35757
  • 35758
  • 35763
  • 35801
  • 35802
  • 35803
  • 35805
  • 35806
  • 35808
  • 35810
  • 35811
  • 35816
  • 35824
  • 35896