Liberty vs South Fallsburg

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (5,083 vs 1,850 in South Fallsburg). Liberty has the higher median household income ($49,125 vs $47,566 in South Fallsburg). South Fallsburg has the higher median home value ($314,700 vs $150,500 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
Population	5,083	1,850
Median age	33.2 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$49,125	$47,566
Median home value	$150,500	$314,700
Median gross rent	$882	$939
Housing units	2,207	1,257
Homeownership rate	34.3%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
Population	4,125 → 5,083 (+23.2%)	2,168 → 1,850 (-14.7%)
Median household income	$31,207 → $49,125 (+57.4%)	$26,113 → $47,566 (+82.2%)
Median home value	$89,700 → $150,500 (+67.8%)	$209,400 → $314,700 (+50.3%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $882 (+11.5%)	$706 → $939 (+33.0%)

Liberty

Population

4,1255,083

Median household income

$31,207$49,125

Median home value

$89,700$150,500

Median gross rent

$791$882

South Fallsburg

Population

2,1681,850

Median household income

$26,113$47,566

Median home value

$209,400$314,700

Median gross rent

$706$939

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
Under 5	10.4%	10.4%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	4.5%
25 to 34	14.8%	7.8%
35 to 44	9.9%	14.9%
45 to 54	10.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	9.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.9%
75 and over	4.1%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	42.5%	26.1%
Black or African American	5.0%	17.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	47.5%	53.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
No high school diploma	16.4%	29.7%
High school graduate	39.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
Drove alone	73.5%	44.3%
Carpooled	17.6%	34.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.8%
Bicycle	3.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	14.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
1-unit, detached	37.1%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	30.7%	24.6%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	10.6%
20 or more units	11.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	South Fallsburg
Poverty rate	17.7%	34.3%
Average household size	2.78	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	20	13
Median year structure built	1955	1970