
Indiana · Census place 43596
Liberty Mills, IN population, income and housing data
Quick answer
The population of the city of Liberty Mills, Indiana (Liberty Mills, IN — Census place “Liberty Mills CDP”) is 159 residents, ranking #770 of 976 places in Indiana. Median household income is $57,375, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs $750 a month.
- Population
- 159Liberty Mills CDP residents
- Median household income
- $57,375Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $750Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 36.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 50.9%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Liberty Mills CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Liberty Mills CDP median would spend about 15.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. Poverty affects 17% of residents and 50.9% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Liberty Mills CDP, IN in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Liberty Mills CDP is a very small community in Indiana, with 159 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #770 of 976 ranked by population — larger than 21% of them. The median age here is 36.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.
Households in Liberty Mills CDP earn a median of $57,375 a year, 26.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 7% below the $61,527 median for the 355 Indiana cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Liberty Mills CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $750 a month, 46.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,000 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. 50.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
With 159 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Liberty Mills CDP against its county rather than against national figures.
The Census withheld home value for Liberty Mills CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Indiana.
- Indianapolis city (balance) 882,043
- Fort Wayne city 266,235
- Evansville city 116,441
- South Bend city 102,866
- Fishers city 100,918
- Carmel city 100,501
- Bloomington city 78,791
- Hammond city 77,098
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Liberty Mills CDP?
- Liberty Mills CDP has 159 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #770 of 976 in Indiana.
- What is the median household income in Liberty Mills CDP?
- Median household income in Liberty Mills CDP is $57,375 a year, 26.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Liberty Mills CDP?
- Median gross rent is $750 a month and the median home value is not published, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.
- Is Liberty Mills CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Liberty Mills CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
- How current is this Liberty Mills CDP data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.