
North Carolina · Census place 38100
Liberty, NC population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Liberty, North Carolina (Liberty, NC — Census place “Liberty town”) is 2,678 residents, ranking #282 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $39,293, the median home is worth $152,800 and median gross rent runs $733 a month. Looking for the Liberty North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Liberty, NC: 27298.
- Population
- 2,678Liberty town residents
- Median household income
- $39,293Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $152,800Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $733Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 37.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 46.5%Owner-occupied households
Liberty ZIP codes (North Carolina)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Liberty.
The Liberty NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Liberty town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Liberty town median would spend about 22.4% 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. The median home costs 3.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 18.1% of residents and 46.5% 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 town, NC in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Liberty town is a small town in North Carolina, with 2,678 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #282 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 63% of them. The median age here is 37.2 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 town earn a median of $39,293 a year, 50% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 18.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Liberty town is valued at $152,800, 49.6% below the national figure and 30% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $733 a month, 47.9% below the national figure, or roughly $8,796 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 22.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 46.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in North Carolina.
- Wentworth town 2,670
- Wrightsville Beach town 2,679
- Grifton town 2,661
- Rockwell town 2,688
- Wilson's Mills town 2,652
- La Grange town 2,692
- Tobaccoville village 2,632
- Cajah's Mountain town 2,696
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Liberty town?
- Liberty town has 2,678 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #282 of 777 in North Carolina.
- What is the median household income in Liberty town?
- Median household income in Liberty town is $39,293 a year, 50% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Liberty town?
- Median gross rent is $733 a month and the median home value is $152,800, so rent absorbs about 22.4% of median household income.
- Is Liberty town affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Liberty town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 22.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Liberty town 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.