Town · Fayette County, Alabama

Berry, Alabama

Berry is a town in Fayette County, Alabama. It has 1,040 residents. Berry, Alabama has a quality-of-life score of 16 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,119 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Alabama it ranks #139 of 319 cities and towns. It ranks best on effective property tax rate (low), pharmacies (high) and homicide rate (low). It ranks worst on restaurants and bars (low), mental health providers (low) and dentists (low).

16Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,119 of 15,651 cities and towns
Alabama: #139 of 319 in AL
Population: 1,040 (2020-2024)
Land area: 11 mi²
Density: 96.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 0105932

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety63#5,842/15,637
Economy18#12,819/15,631
Housing78#3,363/14,977
Health11#13,870/15,609
Healthcare27#11,464/15,650
Environment61#6,070/15,453
Education8#14,457/15,649
Infrastructure9#14,168/15,650
Community10#14,101/15,651
Leisure & amenities6#14,689/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Berry, Alabama ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Fayette County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Effective property tax rate · low0.23%
99/100Alabama 0.37%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Pharmacies · high3.2 /10k
97/100Alabama 2.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFayette County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Alabama 9.8 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataFayette County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low113 min
91/100Alabama 155 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFayette County value
Unemployment rate · low1.3%
90/100Alabama 2.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Job growth · high2.1%
89/100Alabama 0.7%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataFayette County value

Weaknesses

Restaurants and bars · low1.9 /10k
1/100Alabama 6.9 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsFayette County value
Mental health providers · low25 /100k
1/100Alabama 156 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Dentists · low13 /100k
2/100Alabama 49 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Alabama 3.3 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyFayette County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low35.8%
4/100Alabama 61.4%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteFayette County value
Median household income · low$37,031
5/100Alabama $66,704United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,345 (2015-2019) → 1,040 (2020-2024)
−23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
64.0% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+21 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
21.5% (2015-2019) → 7.1% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
21.0% (2015-2019) → 29.0% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Unemployment rateImproving
8.7% (2015-2019) → 1.3% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.1% (2015-2019) → 15.7% (2020-2024)
+6.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Berry, Alabama improved on 1 of 8 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+21 points64.0% → 84.6%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 8 measures

Change of every measure of Berry, Alabama between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	36.3 min2015-2019	31.3 min2020-2024	−5.1 min	Within the margin of error	90%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.1%2015-2019	15.7%2020-2024	+6.6 points	Within the margin of error	77%
Broadband subscriptions	64.0%2015-2019	84.6%2020-2024	+21 points	Improved	91%
High school diploma or higher	75.2%2015-2019	72.9%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4182015-2019	0.4602020-2024	+0.042	Within the margin of error	20%
Median household income	$45,3752015-2019	$37,0312020-2024	−18%	Within the margin of error	1%
Poverty rate	21.0%2015-2019	29.0%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Berry, Alabama five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Berry, Alabama in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Berry, Alabama itself moved −3.5 points in standing on average over the same 6 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,040 residents (±255)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

397 households (±106)

Berry, Alabama
Alabama share

Under $25k31%†122
$25k–50k31%†122
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

397 households (±106)

Berry, Alabama
Alabama share

Own60%238
Rent40%†159

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

386 workers (±154)

Berry, Alabama
Alabama share

Drive alone87%†335
Carpool13%†51
Public transit

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Fayette County, the county holding most of Berry's residents.

Fayette County has 277 employer establishments, 173 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Alabama's), with 3,269 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,199. The Census Bureau also counts 1,046 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 277; 1,046 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 173; US 248 · Alabama 207
Paid employees: 3,269
Average annual pay: $41,199; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Fayette County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	22	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	358	$13,640	13
Specialty trade contractors	16	10	0.65×Fewer than typical	40	$30,575	141
Ambulatory health care services	15	9.4	0.45×Fewer than typical	147	$52,864	29
Truck transportation	14	8.8	1.73×More than typical	31	$59,032	67
Limited-service restaurants	13	8.1	1.02×About typical	306	$13,141	—
Religious organizations	12	7.5	1.35×More than typical	73	$16,137	—
Gasoline stations	9	5.6	1.74×Too few to compare	64	$15,531	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	5	1.00×Too few to compare	44	$38,273	32
Other specialty trade contractors	7	4.4	1.75×Too few to compare	23	$30,696	47
Banks and credit unions	6	3.8	1.16×Too few to compare	32	$53,938	—
Building equipment contractors	6	3.8	0.62×Too few to compare	11	$24,273	30
General merchandise stores	6	3.8	2.13×Too few to compare	204	$31,632	3

Rank places for an industry Open Fayette County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 15,966 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $10.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Berry, Alabama: $9.93 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $10.3K
Per resident: $9.93; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Emergency Management Agency$10.3K100%

Top recipients

INSTITUTE FOR BUILDING TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY$10.3K100%

Spending by fiscal year

10.3KFY2026

What was bought

Professional services$10.3K100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$10.3K100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Berry, Alabama, so they do not add up across cities.

Berry, Alabama's figures are part of those of Fayette County, AL ($97.8K in FY2026), never added to them: 11% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Berry is mostly in Fayette County.

See federal money in Fayette County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Berry, Alabama is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Robert B. AderholtR-AL-4 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 3.0%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Fayette County20100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Fayette County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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