It is a fairly quiet city 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!) Heflin 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. Heflin has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Heflin than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Heflin may be for you.
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 population of Heflin overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Heflin, 23.35% have at least a bachelor's 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.
