Liberty vs Lima

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (423 vs 231 in Lima). Liberty has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $71,250 in Lima). Liberty has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $89,200 in Lima).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Lima
Population	423	231
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$85,417	$71,250
Median home value	$124,000	$89,200
Median gross rent	$1,036	—
Housing units	151	83
Homeownership rate	83.4%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Lima
Population	489 → 423 (-13.5%)	109 → 231 (+111.9%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $85,417 (+40.9%)	$54,500 → $71,250 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $124,000 (+29.3%)	$95,000 → $89,200 (-6.1%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,036 (+41.1%)	—

Liberty

Population

489423

Median household income

$60,625$85,417

Median home value

$95,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$734$1,036

Lima

Population

109231

Median household income

$54,500$71,250

Median home value

$95,000$89,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Lima
Under 5	4.3%	13.0%
5 to 17	29.1%	26.8%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.0%
35 to 44	15.8%	24.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	6.5%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.2%
75 and over	6.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Lima
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Lima
No high school diploma	2.7%	15.8%
High school graduate	51.2%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Lima
Drove alone	80.5%	78.1%
Carpooled	16.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Lima
1-unit, detached	90.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Lima
Poverty rate	4.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.92	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1968	1953