It is a fairly quiet town 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!) Buna 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. Buna has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Buna than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Buna may be for you.
In Buna, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.50 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Buna doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The rate of college-level education in Buna is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 12.22% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree.
The per capita income in Buna in 2022 was $21,471, which is low income relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,884 for a family of four. However, Buna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Buna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Buna residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Buna include German, English, European, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Buna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
