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Berry, KY
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Living in Berry



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 an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

The overall crime rate in Berry is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Berry, the average commute to work is 38.62 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Berry is a small city, 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: 96.55% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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 2018 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.


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