Emsworth vs Liberty

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

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

Emsworth has the higher population (2,458 vs 2,302 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($76,607 vs $65,435 in Emsworth). Emsworth has the higher median home value ($177,300 vs $106,800 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Emsworth	Liberty
Population	2,458	2,302
Median age	38.6 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,435	$76,607
Median home value	$177,300	$106,800
Median gross rent	$993	$785
Housing units	1,167	1,150
Homeownership rate	67.1%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emsworth	Liberty
Population	2,503 → 2,458 (-1.8%)	2,363 → 2,302 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$55,926 → $65,435 (+17.0%)	$56,000 → $76,607 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $177,300 (+30.9%)	$80,500 → $106,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $993 (+18.1%)	$781 → $785 (+0.5%)

Emsworth

Population

2,5032,458

Median household income

$55,926$65,435

Median home value

$135,400$177,300

Median gross rent

$841$993

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)

	Emsworth	Liberty
Under 5	6.4%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.2%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	12.5%	18.5%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.4%
75 and over	7.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emsworth	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	93.4%
Black or African American	7.4%	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	4.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emsworth	Liberty
No high school diploma	3.6%	6.1%
High school graduate	27.5%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emsworth	Liberty
Drove alone	72.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	3.9%	4.4%
Public transit	3.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emsworth	Liberty
1-unit, detached	66.2%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	16.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	6.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Emsworth	Liberty
Poverty rate	13.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1953	1954