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 38.62 minutes every day commuting to work.
Berry is a very car-oriented city. 96.55% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Berry is a small city , and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Berry has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.
As is often the case in a small city, Berry doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
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.
