Golden vs Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Golden and Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

Golden and Liberty are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Golden has the higher population (711 vs 423 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $55,875 in Golden). Golden has the higher median home value ($125,500 vs $124,000 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Golden	Liberty
Population	711	423
Median age	34.3 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,875	$85,417
Median home value	$125,500	$124,000
Median gross rent	$713	$1,036
Housing units	334	151
Homeownership rate	77.1%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Golden	Liberty
Population	597 → 711 (+19.1%)	489 → 423 (-13.5%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $55,875 (+9.6%)	$60,625 → $85,417 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$82,700 → $125,500 (+51.8%)	$95,900 → $124,000 (+29.3%)
Median gross rent	$467 → $713 (+52.7%)	$734 → $1,036 (+41.1%)

Golden

Population

597711

Median household income

$51,000$55,875

Median home value

$82,700$125,500

Median gross rent

$467$713

Liberty

Population

489423

Median household income

$60,625$85,417

Median home value

$95,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$734$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Golden	Liberty
Under 5	10.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	29.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.7%
25 to 34	16.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	7.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	5.9%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.1%
75 and over	12.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Golden	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Golden	Liberty
No high school diploma	9.7%	2.7%
High school graduate	27.3%	51.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Golden	Liberty
Drove alone	91.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	6.2%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	1.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Golden	Liberty
1-unit, detached	91.6%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Golden	Liberty
Poverty rate	9.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.29	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1956	1968