De Berry is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 4,295 people and just one neighborhood, De Berry is the 430th largest community in Texas.
Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, De Berry is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 37.82% of the De Berry workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, De Berry is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in De Berry who work in office and administrative support (13.97%), sales jobs (13.35%), and teaching (8.17%).
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, De Berry has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes De Berry a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One downside of living in De Berry is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In De Berry, the average commute to work is 30.88 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, De Berry doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in De Berry with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 10.67% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in De Berry in 2022 was $27,686, which is middle income relative to Texas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $110,744 for a family of four. However, De Berry contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
De Berry is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call De Berry home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of De Berry residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in De Berry include German, Irish, European, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in De Berry is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 14 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 96.0% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, the real estate in this neighborhood consists of more mobile homes than 96.1% of all neighborhoods in America, with 33.1% of the occupied housing here being classified as mobile homes. So if you are looking for a mobile home, or you like the look and feel of mobile home parks, this neighborhood might have the setting you desire.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in De Berry are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 84.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 23.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 73.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 37.8% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 24.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in executive, management, and professional occupations (23.8%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.6%).
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in De Berry, TX, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (9.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (8.8%), and residents who report English roots (4.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (3.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (3.4%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (34.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (87.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.