Liberty, NY

Census Place

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2024 Population
5,142
US Senator
Chuck Schumer
Democratic Party
US Senator
Kirsten Gillibrand
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
34.2
3.01% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
14.6%
17.9% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$64,913
32.1% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$181,900
20.9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
2,206
1.61% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Liberty, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

72.8% of the residents in Liberty, NY are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Liberty, NY was $181,900, and the homeownership rate was 36.8%.

Most people in Liberty, NY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 21.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Liberty, NY was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Liberty, NY is home to a population of 5.14k people, from which 72.8% are citizens. As of 2024, 38% of Liberty, NY residents were born outside of the country (1.95k people).

In 2024, there were 1.35 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.97k people) in Liberty, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.45k Other (Hispanic) and 418 Black or African American (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

72.8%
2024 Citizenship
76.1%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 72.8% of Liberty, NY residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Liberty, NY was 76.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Liberty, NY
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    1.97k ± 491
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    1.45k ± 527
  3. Black or African American (Hispanic)
    418 ± 370
54.4%
Hispanic Population
2.8k people

In 2024, there were 1.35 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.97k people) in Liberty, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.45k Other (Hispanic) and 418 Black or African American (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

54.4% of the people in Liberty, NY are hispanic (2.8k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Liberty, NY as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for New York.
Most Common Origin
  1. Dominican Republic
    493,200 ± 17,027 people
  2. China
    410,969 ± 15,575 people
  3. Jamaica
    234,174 ± 11,811 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of New York was Dominican Republic, the natal country of 493,200 New York residents, followed by China with 410,969 and Jamaica with 234,174.

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Foreign-Born Population

38%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
1.95k people
33.9%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
1.72k people

As of 2024, 38% of Liberty, NY residents (1.95k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Liberty, NY was 33.9%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    134 ± 120
  2. Gulf War (1990s)
    38 ± 58
  3. Vietnam
    7 ± 29

Liberty, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 3.53 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Liberty, NY employs 2.21k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Liberty, NY were Health Care & Social Assistance (431 people), Manufacturing (371 people), and Educational Services (216 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($250,001), Information ($126,295), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($100,486).

Employment

Occupations

2.21k
2024 Value
± 436
1.61%
1 Year growth
± 26.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Liberty, NY grew at a rate of 1.61%, from 2.17k employees to 2.21k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Liberty, NY, are Production Occupations (303 people), Management Occupations (287 people), and Personal Care & Service Occupations (245 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Liberty, NY.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

2.21k
2024 Value
± 436
1.61%
1 Year growth
± 26.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Liberty, NY grew at a rate of 1.61%, from 2.17k employees to 2.21k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Liberty, NY, are Health Care & Social Assistance (431 people), Manufacturing (371 people), and Educational Services (216 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Liberty, NY, though some of these residents may live in Liberty, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$41,066
Median earning men ± $13,770
$35,986
Median earning women ± $4,924

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($93,512), Construction ($65,188), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($51,000).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Public Administration ($81,250), Manufacturing ($36,875), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($36,105).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.
Y-Axis
2.74%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Liberty, NY was $181,900 in 2024, which is 0.547 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $150,500 to $181,900, a 20.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Liberty, NY is 36.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Liberty, NY have an average commute time of 21.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Liberty, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$181,900
Median Property Value 2024
±$46,293
$592
Median Property Taxes
±$174

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Liberty, NY the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Liberty, NY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

36.8%
Homeownership
2024
64.5%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 36.8% of the housing units in Liberty, NY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 34.3%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$64,913
Median Household Income
± $11,771
1.61k
Number of Households
± 324

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.61k households in Liberty, NY grew to $64,913 from the previous year's value of $49,125.

The following chart displays the households in Liberty, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $30k - $35k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Liberty, NY is from New York.
0.493
2023 Wage GINI in New York
0.494
2022 Wage GINI in New York

In 2023, the income inequality in New York was 0.493 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0797% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for New York was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in New York in comparison to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (66.9%)
  2. Carpooled (20.8%)
  3. Worked At Home (4.8%)

In 2024, 66.9% of workers in Liberty, NY drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (20.8%) and those who worked at home (4.8%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

21.2 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Liberty, NY have a shorter commute time (21.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 1.9% of the workforce in Liberty, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Liberty, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Liberty, NY have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14.6% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Liberty, NY (731 out of 5.02k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 65 - 74, followed by Females < 5 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Liberty, NY is Hispanic, followed by White and Other.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

79.5% of the population of Liberty, NY has health coverage, with 26.4% on employee plans, 29.1% on Medicaid, 11.8% on Medicare, 10% on non-group plans, and 2.31% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1,245 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,245 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1205 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 265 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 32.6% under 18 years, 20.2% between 18 and 34 years, 32.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 14.4% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

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Uninsured People

20.5%
Uninsured
26.4%
Employer Coverage
29.1%
Medicaid
11.8%
Medicare
10%
Non-Group
2.31%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Liberty, NY declined by 0.163% from 20.5% to 20.5%.

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