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. Berry has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Berry is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 53.45% of the Berry workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Berry is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Berry who work in sales jobs (15.52%), office and administrative support (6.90%), and teaching (6.90%). 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 very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Berry isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.55% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more. As is often the case in a small city, Berry doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.In Berry, just 7.03% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. 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.
