The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Heflin has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Heflin a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Heflin, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Heflin is a small city, 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 Heflin are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.35% of adults in Heflin having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Heflin in 2022 was $32,495, 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 $129,980 for a family of four. However, Heflin contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Heflin home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Heflin residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Heflin include English, Irish, Turkish, German, and European.
The most common language spoken in Heflin is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
