Huntsville, TX

Huntsville is a mid-size city in Texas with a population of 46,917. Residents earn $45,401 per year, which is 40% below the national average.

2.8 /5.0

C+ Fair

46,917 Population 1,123/sq mi density

$45,401 Median Income $22,628 per capita

$225,800 Home Value $257,506 Zillow

$981 Median Rent 38.3% income on rent

67°F Avg Temperature 306 sunny days/yr

527 Violent Crime/100K 2,386 property/100K

C+

Overall

2.8 / 5.0

Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

Economy

3.2 / 5.0

$45,401 median income, 4.5% unemployment

B+

Affordability

3.9 / 5.0

$225,800 home value, $981/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

527 violent crimes/100K (39% above avg)

C+

Education

3.0 / 5.0

24.8% bachelor's degree or higher

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3 reported haunted locations found near Huntsville, TX.

Name	Description
Oakwood Cemetery	This is the cemetery where General Sam Houston is buried, and also where the statue college kids call black Jesus is located. It's a bronze statue on the far north edge of the cemetery, kind of in the middle. It is in a gorgeous spot with palms and it is recessed into the woods a bit, with benches and such. All the graves in the cemetery are laid out with the feet facing East, this families graves are the only ones where the feet face west. A family erected the statue when there 5 year old so...
Sam Houston Memorial Museum	When you're in the loft of The Woodland Home at the Sam Houston Memorial Museum, you can hear people walking around underneath you, and see their footprints in the gravel leading up to the house. You can also see things fall off of Sam Houston's desk sometimes in his law office.
Walls Unit, Tex. Dept. of Corrections	Walls Unit, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice. - Ghosts and unexplained noises on the original death row (first floor of the South Building, not used since the 1950s), the East Building, and the catwalk connecting the two. One Halloween a correctional supervisor put a voice-activated tape recorder on the now abandoned old death row. When he played it back later for several correctional officers, they heard the clanging of cell doors and at the very end an unidentified voice saying "Hey captain,...