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 30.25 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small city, Kirbyville doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In Kirbyville, just 11.18% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Kirbyville in 2022 was $21,380, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,520 for a family of four. However, Kirbyville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Kirbyville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.30% of its population below the federal poverty line.
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 12.83% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kirbyville include Irish, English, European, German, and French.
The most common language spoken in Kirbyville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
