Liberty vs Ursa

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

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

Ursa has the higher population (596 vs 423 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $60,625 in Ursa). Ursa has the higher median home value ($151,100 vs $124,000 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Ursa
Population	423	596
Median age	36.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$85,417	$60,625
Median home value	$124,000	$151,100
Median gross rent	$1,036	$842
Housing units	151	281
Homeownership rate	83.4%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	24.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Ursa
Population	489 → 423 (-13.5%)	509 → 596 (+17.1%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $85,417 (+40.9%)	$51,250 → $60,625 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$95,900 → $124,000 (+29.3%)	$105,300 → $151,100 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,036 (+41.1%)	$633 → $842 (+33.0%)

Liberty

Population

489423

Median household income

$60,625$85,417

Median home value

$95,900$124,000

Median gross rent

$734$1,036

Ursa

Population

509596

Median household income

$51,250$60,625

Median home value

$105,300$151,100

Median gross rent

$633$842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Ursa
Under 5	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	29.1%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.9%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	6.2%
55 to 64	5.9%	20.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	11.1%
75 and over	6.6%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Ursa
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
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%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Ursa
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.4%
High school graduate	51.2%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Ursa
Drove alone	80.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	16.8%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	7.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Ursa
1-unit, detached	90.7%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Ursa
Poverty rate	4.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.92	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1968	1970