Alabama · Census place 14968
Chunchula, AL population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Chunchula, Alabama (Chunchula, AL — Census place “Chunchula CDP”) is 213 residents, ranking #509 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is —, the median home is worth $143,400 and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Chunchula Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Chunchula, AL: 36521.
- Population
- 213Chunchula CDP residents
- Median household income
- —Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $143,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- —Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 49.1 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 100%Owner-occupied households
Chunchula ZIP codes (Alabama)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Chunchula.
The Chunchula AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Chunchula CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
Poverty affects 53.5% of residents and 100% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Chunchula CDP, AL in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Chunchula CDP is a very small community in Alabama, with 213 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #509 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 14% of them. The median age here is 49.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Chunchula CDP earn a median of not published a year. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 53.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.
The typical owner-occupied home in Chunchula CDP is valued at $143,400, 52.7% below the national figure and 9% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 100% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.
With 213 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Chunchula CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld household income, gross rent for Chunchula CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Alabama.
- Huntsville city 218,814
- Birmingham city 199,322
- Montgomery city 198,440
- Mobile city 185,097
- Tuscaloosa city 107,699
- Hoover city 92,401
- Auburn city 78,738
- Dothan city 71,118
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Chunchula CDP?
- Chunchula CDP has 213 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #509 of 593 in Alabama.
- What is the median household income in Chunchula CDP?
- Median household income in Chunchula CDP is not published a year.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Chunchula CDP?
- Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is $143,400.
- Is Chunchula CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Chunchula CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Chunchula CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.