Liberty vs Loraine

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

Liberty and Loraine 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 407 in Loraine). Liberty has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $56,855 in Loraine). Liberty has the higher median home value ($124,000 vs $88,100 in Loraine).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Loraine
Population	423	407
Median age	36.3 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,417	$56,855
Median home value	$124,000	$88,100
Median gross rent	$1,036	$629
Housing units	151	189
Homeownership rate	83.4%	84.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Loraine
Population	489 → 423 (-13.5%)	362 → 407 (+12.4%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $85,417 (+40.9%)	$51,818 → $56,855 (+9.7%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $124,000 (+29.3%)	$86,800 → $88,100 (+1.5%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,036 (+41.1%)	$618 → $629 (+1.8%)

Liberty

Population

489423

Median household income

$60,625$85,417

Median home value

$95,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$734$1,036

Loraine

Population

362407

Median household income

$51,818$56,855

Median home value

$86,800$88,100

Median gross rent

$618$629

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Loraine
Under 5	4.3%	3.9%
5 to 17	29.1%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	11.3%
35 to 44	15.8%	9.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	5.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	23.3%
75 and over	6.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Loraine
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	95.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Loraine
No high school diploma	2.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	51.2%	51.3%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	1.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Loraine
Drove alone	80.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	16.8%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	9.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Loraine
1-unit, detached	90.7%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.7%
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%	24.9%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Loraine
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.1%
Average household size	2.92	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1968	1953