City of Hartselle

Community Profile

HARTSELLE, ALABAMA
LATITUDE: 34:36:43.576 – LONGITUDE: -86:55:54.771

DISTANCES TO MAJOR CITIES
Location Distance to (mi.): Location Distance to (mi.):
Birmingham, AL 70 New York, NY 987
Mobile, AL 321 Chicago, IL 562
Atlanta, GA 180 Los Angeles, CA 2100
Tampa, FL 619 Jacksonville, FL 486
Memphis, TN 201 Nashville, TN 126
Huntsville, AL 35 Montgomery, AL 164
       
POPULATION 2010 2000 1990
County 119,490 111,064 100,043
City 14,255 12,019 10,795

HARTSELLE AREA SCHOOLS
Type of School # Schools Teachers Students
Elementary 3 110 1,413
Junior High 1 47 770
High School 1 68 941
Vo-Tech 1 (part of high school)    
       
Area Colleges & Universities:     Athens State Univ  Calhoun CC  Wallace State CC

COMMUNITY FACILITIES
Number of Hospitals: 1 Total Beds: 150 Number of Doctors: 41 Number of Dentists: 8
Hotel/Motels: 2 Total Rooms: 73 Libraries: 1 Volumes: 30,600
 
CHURCHES      
Catholic: 1  Jewish: 1 (45 miles)  Protestant: 44  

RECREATION
Bowling: 1 Ball Fields: 10 Pools: 1 Tennis Courts: 8
Golf Courses: 1 Auditorium / Coliseum: 1 Parks: 3  

COMMUNICATIONS
Newspapers: Radio Stations:
The Hartselle Enquirer – Weekly Paper WYAM-FM
The Decatur Daily – Daily Paper  
Other Media:
Local TV Stations: 5 Market: Huntsville Cable: Charter  
Telephone Service: AT&T Telegraph Service:
Western Union
Channels: 75  

GOVERNMENT
County Government: Commission Municipal Government: Mayor & Council
Fire Insurance Rating: 5   Zoning Regulation: Yes Planning Commission: Yes
       
POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT
Total Personnel: 37 Patrol Cars: 18 Personnel (Full-Time): 20 Volunteers: 11
    Total Trucks: 5  
HOUSING (2010)
Total Housing Units: 6,076    
Vacancy: 6.6%  

AVG. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE (COUNTY):
4.1%
 
UTILITIES AND SERVICES
Water: Hartselle Utilities Power Distributors: Hartselle Utilities; Joe Wheeler EMC
Capacity of Water Plant: 5,000,000 GPD Source: Tennessee Valley Authority
Peak Consumption: 2,500,000 GPD Storage Capacity: 3,350,000 GAL
  Average Daily Consumption: 2,000,000 GPD
       
Natural Gas Provided By: Various Suppliers (Fuel Oils, Coal, and LP Gas also available)
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Sanitary Sewer: Yes
Coverage: 85%
Storm Sewer: Yes
Coverage: 75%
Plant Capacity: 2,700,00
Present Load: 60%
Solid Waste Disposal:
County Landfill
       
       
LABOR ANALYSIS
Civilian Labor Force:
58,300
Manufacturing:
15,600
Transport, Communications, Utilities: 1,900 Wholesale & Retail Trade:
13,100
Services:
12,500
Construction,
Mining:
4,100
Finance, Insurance,
Real Estate: 2,100
Government:
9,000
Average Annual High School Graduates (county): 1,043 Manufacturing workforce unionized (County): 7.5%
Unionized Plant Percentage (County): 4.6%

TRANSPORTATION
Railroads Serving Community: CSX Transportation
Piggy-Back or TOFC Facilities: None  Frequency of Switching Service: As Required
Highways Serving Community: US 31; AL 36
Interstate Exchanges: I-65 #325 & #328    

FREIGHT SERVICES

AIR SERVICES:
TRUCKING:   Nearest Airport:
Hartselle-Morgan County
Runway Length: 3,600 ft.
ABF Freight System Decatur Surface: Paved  
Birmingham-Nashville Decatur Commercial Air Service: Port of Huntsville
Consolidated Freight Decatur Distance: 22 miles Multiple Carriers
Overnite Transportation Decatur    
River City Trucking Co. Decatur OTHER SERVICES:
White Oak Transp. Decatur Bus Service: Greyhound  
Yellow Freight Systems Decatur Nearest navigable waterway: 10 Miles
(Tennessee River – 9ft. Channel Depth)
Youngblood Trucking Decatur Port Facilities: 10 Miles (2 Public; 1 Private)
       
       
LOCAL TAXES – PROPERTY
Manufacturers real property tax rate is assessed at 20% of assessment value.
City of Hartselle Millage: .0163 Morgan County Millage: .0166 State of Alabama Millage: .0065 Total Millage Inside City: .0394
       
LOCAL TAXES – NON-PROPERTY
Type City County State Total  
Retail Sales 4% 1% 4% 9%  
         
STATE TAXES
Type Rate Type Rate  
Corporate 5% Gasoline $.18  
Retail Sales 4% Individual Income 1.5-5%    
 
AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES
Hartselle Industrial Park – 26 acres avail.
Morgan Center Business Park - 127 acres avail.
(Additional sites available upon request)
 
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Banks: 6  
Credit Unions: 2
 
TOP 20 EMPLOYERS
Name  Product  Total Employees  
1. CR Compressors
2. Hartselle Board of Ed.
Compressors
City Schools
450
373
 
3. Sonoco – Baker Wood Reels 350  
4. Wal-Mart Retail Sales 287  
5. Sonoco – Wood Reels Wood Cable Reels 189  
6. Cerro Wire & Cable Electrical Cable 185  
7. Hartselle Medical Center Hospital/Medical 178  
8. Cracker Barrel Restaurant/Hospitality 160  
9. City of Hartselle Municipal Government 120  
10. Lowe’s Retail Home Improvement 105  
11. Sonoco – Metco Steel Shipping Reels 90  
12. ILPEA (Holm) Industries Refrigerator Gaskets 84  
13. Kroger Retail Grocery 70  
14. Russell Forest Products Lumber & Plywood 70  
15. C & L Wood Products Wood Pallets 68  
16. United Parcel Service Shipping 61  
17. Hartselle Utilities Public Utilities 60  
18. Slate Security Systems Detention/Jail Equipment 56  
19. Terrell Industries Cylinder Line Assembly 49  
20. JIT Industries Cylinders 46  

Employer data obtained from Hartselle Development Board & Morgan County Economic Development Association

City of Hartselle