Berry is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 253 people and two associated neighborhoods, Berry is the 376th largest community in Kentucky. Much of the housing stock in Berry was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Berry’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Berry has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Berry a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Berry, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.62 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Berry is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Berry, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 96.55% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.
Berry 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 Berry has a very low overall level of education: only 7.03% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.
The per capita income in Berry in 2022 was $19,270, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $77,080 for a family of four. However, Berry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Berry also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.15% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Berry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Berry residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Berry include German, English, Irish, European, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Berry is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.