Belle Fontaine vs Chunchula

A side-by-side comparison of Belle Fontaine and Chunchula: population, income, housing, and more.

Belle Fontaine and Chunchula are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belle Fontaine has the higher population (853 vs 213 in Chunchula). Belle Fontaine has the higher median home value ($180,200 vs $143,400 in Chunchula). Since 2019, Belle Fontaine's population has grown faster (+51.2% vs -3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
Population	853	213
Median age	44.6 yrs	49.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,144	—
Median home value	$180,200	$143,400
Housing units	326	77
Homeownership rate	59.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
Population	564 → 853 (+51.2%)	220 → 213 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$53,807 → $100,144 (+86.1%)	$33,836 → $35,896 (+6.1%)
Median home value	$117,200 → $180,200 (+53.8%)	$112,000 → $143,400 (+28.0%)

Belle Fontaine

Population

564853

Median household income

$53,807$100,144

Median home value

$117,200$180,200

Chunchula

Population

220213

Median household income

$33,836$35,896

Median home value

$112,000$143,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.1%	27.2%
18 to 24	9.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.2%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.4%	18.3%
55 to 64	21.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.9%	4.7%
75 and over	1.1%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	39.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
No high school diploma	12.4%	29.7%
High school graduate	48.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
Drove alone	72.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	19.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
1-unit, detached	72.7%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.1%	16.9%

Poverty & households

	Belle Fontaine	Chunchula
Poverty rate	10.9%	53.5%
Average household size	2.71	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1989	1972