Liberty vs Seagrove

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (2,678 vs 347 in Seagrove). Seagrove has the higher median household income ($72,689 vs $39,293 in Liberty). Seagrove has the higher median home value ($158,900 vs $152,800 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Seagrove
Population	2,678	347
Median age	37.2 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,293	$72,689
Median home value	$152,800	$158,900
Median gross rent	$733	$675
Housing units	1,238	154
Homeownership rate	46.5%	94.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Seagrove
Population	2,662 → 2,678 (+0.6%)	285 → 347 (+21.8%)
Median household income	$38,958 → $39,293 (+0.9%)	$41,250 → $72,689 (+76.2%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $152,800 (+38.3%)	$125,500 → $158,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $733 (+9.6%)	$663 → $675 (+1.8%)

Liberty

Population

2,6622,678

Median household income

$38,958$39,293

Median home value

$110,500$152,800

Median gross rent

$669$733

Seagrove

Population

285347

Median household income

$41,250$72,689

Median home value

$125,500$158,900

Median gross rent

$663$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Seagrove
Under 5	6.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	26.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	2.6%
25 to 34	18.6%	5.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	31.1%
45 to 54	10.6%	4.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.4%
75 and over	9.4%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Seagrove
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	20.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Seagrove
No high school diploma	26.2%	6.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	26.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Seagrove
Drove alone	86.6%	60.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	33.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.6%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Seagrove
1-unit, detached	63.5%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	24.0%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Seagrove
Poverty rate	18.1%	4.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	18
Median year structure built	1979	1997