About Berry

Berry is a very small town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 1,226 people and just one neighborhood, Berry is the 270th largest community in Alabama.

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Berry is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 50.9% of the Berry workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 24.7%. Overall, Berry is a town of production and manufacturing workers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Berry who work in office and administrative support jobs (9.77%), sales jobs (6.74%), and teaching (6.51%).

In Berry, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Berry is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Berry, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 98.34% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Berry is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Berry Information and Demographics

The population of Berry has one of the lowest overall levels of education in the country: only 6.22% of people over 25 hold a college degree. The national average for all municipalities is 14.96%.

The per capita income in Berry in 2000 was $12,635, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $50,540 for a family of four.

The people who call Berry home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Berry is White, followed by African-American. The main ancestry of people in Berry is Irish.

The most common language spoken in Berry is English.