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!) Gurley 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. Gurley has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Gurley than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Gurley may be for you.
Gurley 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 citizens of Gurley are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.06% of adults in Gurley having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Gurley in 2022 was $31,034, which is upper middle income relative to Alabama, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $124,136 for a family of four. However, Gurley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Gurley is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Gurley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Gurley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Gurley include German, English, Italian, Scots-Irish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Gurley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Italian.
