Big Rock vs New Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Big Rock and New Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

Big Rock and New Liberty are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

New Liberty has the higher population (154 vs 12 in Big Rock). Since 2019, New Liberty's population has grown faster (+42.6% vs -64.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Big Rock	New Liberty
Population	12	154
Median age	62.1 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$87,857
Median home value	—	$129,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,375
Housing units	10	65
Homeownership rate	30.0%	70.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	4.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Rock	New Liberty
Population	34 → 12 (-64.7%)	108 → 154 (+42.6%)
Median household income	—	$51,750 → $87,857 (+69.8%)
Median home value	—	$88,600 → $129,500 (+46.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $1,375 (+161.9%)

Big Rock

Population

3412

New Liberty

Population

108154

Median household income

$51,750$87,857

Median home value

$88,600$129,500

Median gross rent

$525$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Rock	New Liberty
Under 5	0.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	0.0%	24.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	41.7%	22.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	7.1%
55 to 64	58.3%	14.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.9%
75 and over	0.0%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Rock	New Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	96.8%
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	0.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Rock	New Liberty
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.6%
High school graduate	83.3%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	44.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Rock	New Liberty
Drove alone	100.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Rock	New Liberty
1-unit, detached	100.0%	84.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Big Rock	New Liberty
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.3%
Average household size	1.20	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	38
Median year structure built	—	1944