Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Borough in Pennsylvania, United States

41°33′30″N 77°06′17″W / 41.55833°N 77.10472°W / 41.55833; -77.10472CountryUnited StatesStatePennsylvaniaCountyTiogaSettled1792Incorporated (borough)1893Area

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• Total0.48 sq mi (1.23 km²) • Land0.48 sq mi (1.23 km²) • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)Elevation

1,598 ft (487 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total234 • Density491.60/sq mi (189.65/km²)Time zoneEastern (EST) • Summer (DST)EDTZIP code

16930

Area code570FIPS code42-43128GNIS feature ID1215624

Liberty is a small borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 232 at the time of the 2020 census.^[3]

Geography

Liberty is located at 41°33′30″N 77°6′14″W / 41.55833°N 77.10389°W / 41.55833; -77.10389 (41.558446, -77.103839).^[4]

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.3 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1900	263		—
1910	253		−3.8%
1920	194		−23.3%
1930	221		13.9%
1940	280		26.7%
1950	271		−3.2%
1960	269		−0.7%
1970	235		−12.6%
1980	220		−6.4%
1990	199		−9.5%
2000	230		15.6%
2010	249		8.3%
2020	232		−6.8%
2021 (est.)	231	^[3]	−0.4%
Sources:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[2]

As of the census^[6] of 2010, there were 249 people, 93 households, and 85 families residing in the borough.^[8]

The population density was 446.5 inhabitants per square mile (172.4/km²). There were ninety-five housing units at an average density of 184.4 per square mile (71.2/km²).

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.13% White, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.

There were eighty-eight households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 56.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of eighteen, 9.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four 18.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-two years.

For every one hundre females there were 101.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $39,219, and the median income for a family was $38,542. Males had a median income of $27,813 compared with that of $19,688 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $17,690.

Roughly 4.9% of families and 9.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen. None who were aged sixty-five or older were living in poverty.

Notable people

Jimmy Sebring, first baseball player to hit a World Series home run, was born in Liberty.

References

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
^ "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
^ ^a ^b "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
^ "Incorporated Places and Minor Civil Divisions Datasets: Subcounty Resident Population Estimates: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012". Population Estimates. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
^ "2010 Demographic Profile - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-12-06.