Liberty vs Staley

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

Liberty and Staley 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 532 in Staley). Staley has the higher median household income ($61,875 vs $39,293 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $133,800 in Staley).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Staley
Population	2,678	532
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,293	$61,875
Median home value	$152,800	$133,800
Median gross rent	$733	$905
Housing units	1,238	204
Homeownership rate	46.5%	69.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Staley
Population	2,662 → 2,678 (+0.6%)	329 → 532 (+61.7%)
Median household income	$38,958 → $39,293 (+0.9%)	$50,625 → $61,875 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$110,500 → $152,800 (+38.3%)	$118,300 → $133,800 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$669 → $733 (+9.6%)	$757 → $905 (+19.6%)

Liberty

Population

2,6622,678

Median household income

$38,958$39,293

Median home value

$110,500$152,800

Median gross rent

$669$733

Staley

Population

329532

Median household income

$50,625$61,875

Median home value

$118,300$133,800

Median gross rent

$757$905

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Staley
Under 5	6.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	15.5%	15.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	16.7%
25 to 34	18.6%	16.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	5.1%
75 and over	9.4%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Staley
White (non-Hispanic)	57.8%	68.4%
Black or African American	20.9%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
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%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	13.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Staley
No high school diploma	26.2%	17.9%
High school graduate	30.8%	45.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	25.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.6%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Staley
Drove alone	86.6%	81.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	10.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Staley
1-unit, detached	63.5%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	22.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	22.5%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Staley
Poverty rate	18.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1979	1970