Liberty vs Monticello

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

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

Monticello has the higher population (7,252 vs 5,083 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($49,125 vs $47,464 in Monticello). Monticello has the higher median home value ($152,600 vs $150,500 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Monticello
Population	5,083	7,252
Median age	33.2 yrs	33.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$47,464
Median home value	$150,500	$152,600
Median gross rent	$882	$977
Housing units	2,207	3,375
Homeownership rate	34.3%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Monticello
Population	4,125 → 5,083 (+23.2%)	6,433 → 7,252 (+12.7%)
Median household income	$31,207 → $49,125 (+57.4%)	$31,723 → $47,464 (+49.6%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $150,500 (+67.8%)	$106,900 → $152,600 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $882 (+11.5%)	$925 → $977 (+5.6%)

Liberty

Population

4,1255,083

Median household income

$31,207$49,125

Median home value

$89,700$150,500

Median gross rent

$791$882

Monticello

Population

6,4337,252

Median household income

$31,723$47,464

Median home value

$106,900$152,600

Median gross rent

$925$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Monticello
Under 5	10.4%	6.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.4%
75 and over	4.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Monticello
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	29.1%
Black or African American	5.0%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	47.5%	40.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Monticello
No high school diploma	16.4%	27.3%
High school graduate	39.3%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	20.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Monticello
Drove alone	73.5%	71.2%
Carpooled	17.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	0.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	3.4%	2.4%
Worked from home	3.8%	6.2%
Other means	1.4%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Monticello
1-unit, detached	37.1%	32.2%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	30.7%	17.1%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	22.0%
20 or more units	11.1%	18.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Monticello
Poverty rate	17.7%	29.5%
Average household size	2.78	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1955	1967