Berry is a tiny city located in the state of Kentucky. With a population of 256 people and two associated neighborhoods, Berry is the 376th largest community in Kentucky.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Berry is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 61.54% of the Berry workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Berry is a city of transportation and shipping workers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Berry who work in sales jobs (9.23%), office and administrative support (6.15%), and architecture and engineering (6.15%). Berry’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the nation, making it a very safe place to live. It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Berry has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Berry has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Berry than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Berry may be for you. One downside of living in Berry, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 40.15 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small city, Berry does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The rate of college-level education in Berry is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.20% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Berry in 2022 was $19,001, which is low income relative to Kentucky and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $76,004 for a family of four. However, Berry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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. Important ancestries of people in Berry include German, English, European, Irish, and French. The most common language spoken in Berry is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.
