East McKeesport vs Liberty

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

East McKeesport and Liberty are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Liberty has the higher population (2,302 vs 2,063 in East McKeesport). Liberty has the higher median household income ($76,607 vs $64,103 in East McKeesport). Liberty has the higher median home value ($106,800 vs $80,000 in East McKeesport).

Population, income & housing

	East McKeesport	Liberty
Population	2,063	2,302
Median age	47.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,103	$76,607
Median home value	$80,000	$106,800
Median gross rent	$741	$785
Housing units	1,112	1,150
Homeownership rate	68.4%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East McKeesport	Liberty
Population	1,955 → 2,063 (+5.5%)	2,363 → 2,302 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$43,302 → $64,103 (+48.0%)	$56,000 → $76,607 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $80,000 (+9.3%)	$80,500 → $106,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $741 (+6.9%)	$781 → $785 (+0.5%)

East McKeesport

Population

1,9552,063

Median household income

$43,302$64,103

Median home value

$73,200$80,000

Median gross rent

$693$741

Liberty

Population

2,3632,302

Median household income

$56,000$76,607

Median home value

$80,500$106,800

Median gross rent

$781$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East McKeesport	Liberty
Under 5	0.9%	7.8%
5 to 17	12.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.5%
55 to 64	15.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	13.4%
75 and over	8.4%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East McKeesport	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	84.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	8.8%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East McKeesport	Liberty
No high school diploma	5.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	48.1%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East McKeesport	Liberty
Drove alone	68.9%	77.1%
Carpooled	6.7%	4.4%
Public transit	5.8%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	16.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East McKeesport	Liberty
1-unit, detached	67.4%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	1.3%
20 or more units	3.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East McKeesport	Liberty
Poverty rate	6.1%	12.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1952	1954