Imperial vs Liberty

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

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

Both have a population of 2,302. Liberty has the higher median household income ($76,607 vs $68,314 in Imperial). Imperial has the higher median home value ($199,600 vs $106,800 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial	Liberty
Population	2,302	2,302
Median age	46.3 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$68,314	$76,607
Median home value	$199,600	$106,800
Median gross rent	$861	$785
Housing units	1,219	1,150
Homeownership rate	61.5%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.4%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial	Liberty
Population	2,533 → 2,302 (-9.1%)	2,363 → 2,302 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$59,318 → $68,314 (+15.2%)	$56,000 → $76,607 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$250,600 → $199,600 (-20.4%)	$80,500 → $106,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$802 → $861 (+7.4%)	$781 → $785 (+0.5%)

Imperial

Population

2,5332,302

Median household income

$59,318$68,314

Median home value

$250,600$199,600

Median gross rent

$802$861

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)

	Imperial	Liberty
Under 5	5.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.5%	3.2%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	7.8%	18.5%
55 to 64	27.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	13.4%
75 and over	5.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial	Liberty
No high school diploma	5.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.9%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	17.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial	Liberty
Drove alone	82.7%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.4%	4.4%
Public transit	2.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	16.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial	Liberty
1-unit, detached	68.3%	91.8%
1-unit, attached	16.1%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Imperial	Liberty
Poverty rate	2.4%	12.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1974	1954