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SheetPA-LIBERTY-BOROUGH-ALLEGHENY-COUNTY-PA · Liberty borough (Allegheny County), PA 2,302 pop · income 58th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Liberty borough (Allegheny County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Liberty borough (Allegheny County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Charleston · lowest
37,351
Charleston · lowest
37,351 median HH income
38.3% of the leader · rank #1
Fort Worth · near
76,602
Fort Worth · near
76,602 median HH income
78.5% of the leader · rank #2
Oakhurst · near
76,606
Oakhurst · near
76,606 median HH income
78.5% of the leader · rank #3
Liberty borou… · this city
76,607
Liberty borou… · this city
76,607 median HH income
78.5% of the leader · rank #4
Barneveld · near
76,607
Barneveld · near
76,607 median HH income
78.5% of the leader · rank #5
Wynot · near
76,618
Wynot · near
76,618 median HH income
78.5% of the leader · rank #6
Spring Mount · highest
97,596
Spring Mount · highest
97,596 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Liberty borough (Allegheny County) on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,302.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Liberty borough (Allegheny County) places in the 58th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
58th
percentile, household income
12th
percentile, home value
54th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Liberty borough (Allegheny County), PA
Pennsylvania's Liberty borough (Allegheny County) is a small town, with 2,302 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in Liberty borough (Allegheny County) report a median income of $76,607 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.4%. Home values in Liberty borough (Allegheny County) run a median of $106,800, and the median resident age is 48.1 years. About 25.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 60.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 0 residential building permits were authorized in Liberty borough (Allegheny County) (No Permits), per Census BPS data.
Pennsylvania tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Pennsylvania scores 97.6 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,225 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $260 across Pennsylvania, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Liberty borough (Allegheny County) workers runs 23.8 minutes, with 77.1% driving alone and 16.4% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 67.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Liberty borough (Allegheny County)'s data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to population change to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Liberty borough (Allegheny County), city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Liberty borough (Allegheny County)?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Pennsylvania, the closest population matches are Feasterville (2,302 residents, $80,208 income); Imperial (2,302 residents, $68,314 income); Parkside (2,304 residents, $91,902 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Chester, WV (2,302 residents); East Bronson, FL (2,303 residents); Gumlog, GA (2,303 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Is Liberty borough (Allegheny County) growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -114 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -4.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What does the journey to work look like in Liberty borough (Allegheny County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 77.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.8 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
How far does income reach against housing in Liberty borough (Allegheny County)?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 1.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.4%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Above median income · poverty 9.4% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
97.6 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Pennsylvania average
C-
City profile score · Liberty borough (Allegheny County), PA
50/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income C
$76,607
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living C-
97.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate D
9.4%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Liberty borough (Allegheny County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 56/100 (C) · $76,607
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 25.8%
Cost of living: 50/100 (C-) · 97.6 index
Poverty rate: 42/100 (D) · 9.4%
How does Liberty borough (Allegheny County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Liberty borough (Allegheny County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income58% higher than other cities
Home value12% pricier than other cities
Median rent54% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Liberty borough (Allegheny County) against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Pennsylvania only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Pennsylvania-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Liberty borough (Allegheny County) near the bottom of Pennsylvania's cities
Among the 1,865 Pennsylvania cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Liberty borough (Allegheny County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Liberty borough (Allegheny County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#610 of 1,765
65th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,865
0th percentile in Pennsylvania
Median Home Value
#1,433 of 1,790
20th percentile in Pennsylvania
Poverty Rate
#586 of 1,856
68th percentile in Pennsylvania
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#723 of 1,861
61st percentile in Pennsylvania
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Pennsylvania only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
58th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Liberty borough (Allegheny County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$106,800Among the most affordablemore affordable than 88% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Liberty borough (Allegheny County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 1.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#260 of 15,516
More affordable than 98% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#256 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 1.4×, Liberty borough (Allegheny County) sits in the affordable band:
national rank #260 of 15,516 and #256 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$76,607Liberty borough (Allegheny County), PA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Liberty borough (Allegheny County), PA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Liberty borough (Allegheny County), PA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.4%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,302
Median Income
$76,607
Median Home Value
$106,800
Median Age
48.1
Poverty Rate
9.4%
Labor force participation
60.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.8%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Liberty borough (Allegheny County)'s Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,356 residents
2021
2,330 residents
2022
2,297 residents
2023
2,276 residents
2024
2,257 residents
2025
2,242 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
0
0
0
-
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.8 minutes
Drive Alone
77.1%
Carpool
4.4%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
16.4%
Based on 1,116 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Pennsylvania statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $260
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Pennsylvania at $260 (electricity about $120 , water and sewer about $52 ).
These are Pennsylvania statewide averages, not a meter reading for Liberty borough (Allegheny County). Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Pennsylvania's BEA cost-of-living index is 97.6 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Liberty borough (Allegheny County) is $1,225/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Pennsylvania statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 67.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Pennsylvania statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Liberty borough (Allegheny County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Liberty borough (Allegheny County) compares to similar-size Pennsylvania cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.