Hartselle, AL


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Hartselle, AL

About Hartselle, AL

Hartselle, AL is an incorporated city located in Morgan County north-east from Somerville inhabited by close to fifteen thousand individuals. Hartselle provides its citizens many parks such as the Point Mallard Park granting tourists or locals something enjoyable when they come here! Furthermore there are numerous eateries and retail outlets near this area making it with something extra all year round! Small industrial city - Extreme northern Alabama along the Tennessee River.

State: Alabama
County: Morgan County
Metro Area: Decatur Metro Area
City: Hartselle
Zip Codes: 35640
Cost of Living:
Time zone: Central Standard Time (CST)
Elevation: 590 ft above sea level

Decatur is a northern Alabama transportation hub and manufacturing center for a variety of goods. The strategic location on the Tennessee River and key railroads brought Northern industrial interests following the Civil War, leaving the city with a strong imprint of fine older Victorian homes and some attractive parks. The Cost of living Index is attractive and crime rates are low for the state and region.

The Tennessee River provides some recreational opportunities, but the immediate area has few other leisure or arts amenities. That isn’t all bad, for the Decatur area lies only 25 miles west of Huntsville, a booming commercial and high tech center with plenty of amenities, plenty of jobs, and plenty to do. The location and good labor force have attracted a strong and diverse industrial base with some high-tech spillover from the Huntsville direction. The list of employers is long and everything from rocket engines to cat food is manufactured locally.

The town lies on a river plain on the southwest bank of the dammed-up Tennessee River. Land rises gently to the southwest into the William Bankhead National Forest, with hills to 1,100 feet. The climate is a humid subtropical and continental mix, with long, hot, muggy summers, and variable, wet winters with occasional snow.

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Hartselle Cost of Living

Cost of living, nearby water recreation, and low crime rate make Hartselle a great place to live.

$204,600
-65.2% lower than avg
$61,557
-12.1% lower than avg
6.2 / 6.6
Comfort Index
summer/winter
Hartselle Crime
34.3 / 100
Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low) to 100 (high). US average: 35.4
Minimum annual income
To live comfortably in Hartselle, Alabama
$39,240
for a family
$27,200
for a single person
Pros & Cons of Hartselle
   Cost of living
Summer heat and humidity
   Nearby water recreation
Arts and culture
   Low crime rate
Low educational attainment
Cost of Living