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Falkville – Morgan County

In Falkville, a useful first-week plan can be quite local: find the library, learn its borrowing and computer rules, and decide whether a vehicle errand belongs at the town’s renewal kiosk or a staffed county office. These are different routines with different hours. Getting them straight makes it easier to plan around work, moving appointments and a household that is still settling in.

Falkville: town boundary from the 2024 U.S. Census Bureau, with the same boundary highlighted in a Northern Alabama locator inset. North is up. Editorial area: Greater Huntsville. Not a property or service-boundary map.
Map sources and notes
Town boundary depiction: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 TIGER/Line. Editorial area: Greater Huntsville. Not a property, school or utility boundary; confirm current jurisdiction and annexations with the responsible authority. View the full-size boundary map.

When can I visit Falkville Public Library?

The library’s official site gives 7 North First Avenue, Falkville, AL 35622 and 256-784-5822. It lists books, DVDs, audiobooks, free public computers and free WiFi, plus an online catalog for searching and renewing items. Those services can be useful before your home internet and usual routines are fully arranged.

Day or task Published arrangement Planning consequence
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m. Do not plan a lunchtime visit.
Wednesday 8 a.m.–noon An afternoon stop will miss opening hours.
Saturday and Sunday Closed Plan borrowing and computer work during the week.
After-hours returns Book drop on the north wall; non-print items go inside Return DVDs and other non-print material at the circulation desk.

The library policy also notes major-holiday closures. A borrowed movie and a book do not have the same return arrangements, so decide which materials you need to bring inside before choosing an after-hours trip.

What do I need for a card or a computer session?

The posted patron guidelines offer free cards to area adult residents and require proper identification. An area minor’s application needs a parent or guardian’s signature accepting responsibility for borrowed materials. Ask the library which identification establishes your eligibility if your move is still in progress; “area” is not defined here as an automatic right for every mailing address.

Books have a three-week loan period with renewals; a first-time borrower is limited to three books. Movie loans are one title per household for one week, normally without renewal except at staff discretion. That makes a first visit a good time to choose a manageable set of items and put the actual due dates in your calendar.

Computer sessions are limited to an hour for patrons age 14 and older. Younger children need a consent form, and children 10 and younger need continuous caregiver supervision. Save your work to your own storage device: the policy says added files are erased at sign-off. Finish saving before ending a session rather than relying on the same workstation being available later.

Can I handle a vehicle errand at the Falkville kiosk?

Morgan County’s official kiosk-location flyer lists the Falkville Municipal Building at 21 North First Avenue, Falkville, AL 35622. The kiosk renews existing vehicle tags; it does not handle boats, licenses or other transactions. Access follows Town Hall hours, not the library schedule above.

The flyer specifies credit or debit cards and a 2.75% card fee. For example, a $100 transaction would add $2.75 under that posted percentage; that is a payment-fee illustration, not a quote for your vehicle’s renewal. If you need a title transaction or something other than an existing tag renewal, choose a staffed office instead of assuming the kiosk can do it.

Which staffed county office fits the errand?

The License Commissioner’s contact page lists the Hartselle Satellite Office at 560 Shull Road NE, Hartselle, AL 35640, open Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–4 p.m. It states that title processing stops after 3:30 p.m. That earlier cutoff matters more than the building’s closing time when you are arranging a title visit.

Call 256-351-4770 for vehicle registration or title questions before assembling paperwork. Describe the actual transaction—renewal, purchase or another change—rather than simply asking where to get a tag. The county site provides separate registration and title information; a nearby counter or machine does not make every transaction interchangeable.

Build a routine that works beyond the first week

Use the library for a repeatable weekday stop, and keep the municipal kiosk for the limited renewal task it actually performs. For a larger transaction, schedule the staffed-office visit around its processing cutoff. This is a practical way to compare a home with the errands your household really makes, without turning a town name into a promise about services.

As part of settling in, the North Alabama newcomer weather-alert guide explains how to prepare more than one reliable alert channel. Keep that household plan separate from whether a public building happens to be open for ordinary business.

What do the numbers say?

Falkville Facts

People

Population
1121
Median age
53.5 years

Homes

Households
516
Housing units
545
Vacant housing units
29
Owner-occupied homes
406
Renter-occupied homes
110

Housing costs

Median owner-occupied home value
$139600
Median gross rent
$693 /mo
Owner costs with mortgage
$1203 /mo
Owner costs without mortgage
$369 /mo

Calculated measures

Renters spending 30%+ on housing
38.77551%

Travel

Mean commute
21.5 min

Income

Median household income
$46888
Sources & notes

Population

U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, vintage 2025; resident population as of July 1, 2025. ACS sampling margins of error do not apply.

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Median age

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±14.6 years.

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Households

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±160 housing units. Households correspond to occupied housing units.

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Housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±160 housing units.

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Owner-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±157 housing units.

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Renter-occupied homes

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±51 housing units.

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Median household income

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 five-year estimate. Published 90% margin of error: ±5442 USD/year. Income is in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

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Vacant housing units

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Housing units. Unit: housing units. Vacant is a Census housing-status category, not a count of homes advertised for sale or rent. Published 90% margin of error: +/-28 housing units.

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Median owner-occupied home value

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units. Unit: USD. Survey-reported value of owner-occupied homes, not current listings, appraisals or sale prices. Published 90% margin of error: +/-54140 USD.

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Median gross rent

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. Unit: USD/month. Gross rent includes contract rent and applicable tenant-paid utilities and fuels; not current advertised rents. Published 90% margin of error: +/-48 USD/month.

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Owner costs with mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units with a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include mortgage payments and applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees; not mortgage payment alone. Published 90% margin of error: +/-289 USD/month.

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Owner costs without mortgage

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Owner-occupied housing units without a mortgage. Unit: USD/month. Median selected monthly owner costs include applicable taxes, insurance, utilities, fuels and fees. Published 90% margin of error: +/-84 USD/month.

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Renters spending 30%+ on housing

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year estimate. Universe: Cash-rent renter households with gross rent as a percentage of income computed. Unit: percent. Calculated share with gross rent at least 30% of household income. Excludes households whose percentage cannot be computed. Derived margin of error is unavailable; no unrelated margin is substituted. Formula: 100*(B25070_007E+B25070_008E+B25070_009E+B25070_010E)/(B25070_001E-B25070_011E). Numerator: 38; denominator: 98.

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Mean commute

U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020-2024 five-year Data Profile DP03_0025E. Mean one-way travel time to work, in minutes; workers age 16 and over who did not work from home. Retained accepted source run profile-31190; source SHA256 097b9dc1979c94ef809352561e32e389771b032607396d637bc4de7c701f8dea, line 178. This reuses accepted source evidence, not a new API fetch. Published 90% margin of error: +/-2.4 minutes. Survey travel time is not a current traffic estimate or a route to a named employer.

Source data

Population and ACS measures may cover different periods; the source notes identify each one. Community averages do not describe an individual household or establish the condition or suitability of a particular property. Estimates and margins are retained without replacing missing or annotated values with zero.

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Sources and review notes

Official resources reviewed October 30, 2026. Undated pages are treated as guidance checked on that date; hours, fees and operating arrangements can change. The 2024 Census map shows geographic context, not current parcel, school or utility boundaries.

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