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, Kirbyville isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Kirbyville are a mix 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 (20.48%), food service (8.85%), and management occupations (8.34%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.20% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. 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!) Kirbyville 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. Kirbyville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Kirbyville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Kirbyville may be for you. One downside of living in Kirbyville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.70 minutes every day commuting to work. Kirbyville 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 rate of college-level education in Kirbyville is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.77% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Kirbyville in 2022 was $25,363, which is lower middle income relative to Texas, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $101,452 for a family of four. However, Kirbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. 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 10.14% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kirbyville include English, Irish, French, European, and German. The most common language spoken in Kirbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
