Buna is a very small town located in the state of Texas. With a population of 2,137 people and two associated neighborhoods, Buna is the 627th largest community in Texas. Buna has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Buna, where the median household income is $36,250.00.When you are in Buna, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.02% of Buna’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Buna is a town of service providers, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Buna who work in office and administrative support (17.43%), maintenance occupations (12.28%), and food service (5.74%). 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 percentage of people in Buna with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.22% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or 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.
