Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Liberty, Pennsylvania
Borough
Downtown Liberty, Pennsylvania, during the annual Blockhouse Festival
Location of Liberty in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
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Coordinates: 41°33′30″N77°06′17″W / 41.55833°N 77.10472°W / 41.55833; -77.10472
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Tioga
Settled	1792
Incorporated (borough)	1893
Area [1]
• Total	0.48 sq mi (1.23 km2)
• Land	0.48 sq mi (1.23 km2)
• Water	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation	1,598 ft (487 m)
Population  (2020) [2]
• Total	234
• Density	491.60/sq mi (189.65/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST)
• Summer (DST)	EDT
ZIP code	16930
Area code	570
FIPS code	42-43128
GNIS feature ID	1215624

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″N77°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

1. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
2. "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved Oct 12, 2022.
3. Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
4. "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
5. "Census of Population and Housing". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
6. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
7. "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.
8. "2010 Demographic Profile - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2017-12-06.

External links

• Liberty, Pennsylvania