Overview Bly is a tiny town located in the state of Oregon. With a population of 207 people and just one neighborhood, Bly is the 219th largest community in Oregon. Occupations and Workforce Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Bly is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 0.00% of the Bly workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Bly is a town of sales and office workers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bly who work in office and administrative support (0.00%), sales jobs (0.00%), and personal care services (0.00%). Setting & Lifestyle The overall crime rate in Bly is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime. 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!) Bly 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. Bly has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Bly than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Bly may be for you. Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Bly spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 0.00 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be. Being a small town, Bly does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work. Bly Demographics In terms of college education, Bly ranks among the least educated cities in the nation, as only 0.00% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Bly in 2022 was $16,279, which is low income relative to Oregon and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $65,116 for a family of four. The people who call Bly home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bly residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Bly include Irish, French, German, British, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Bly is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.