Kirbyville is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,021 people and two associated neighborhoods, Kirbyville is the 638th largest community in Texas.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Kirbyville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Kirbyville is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kirbyville who work in sales jobs (12.43%), food service (10.25%), and management occupations (10.11%). 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, Kirbyville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Kirbyville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Kirbyville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. As is often the case in a small city, Kirbyville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The percentage of people in Kirbyville with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 11.18% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Kirbyville in 2022 was $21,380, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,520 for a family of four. However, Kirbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kirbyville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.30% of its population below the federal poverty line.Kirbyville is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kirbyville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kirbyville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Kirbyville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kirbyville include Irish, English, European, German, and French. The most common language spoken in Kirbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
