Karns City vs West Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Karns City and West Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

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

West Liberty has the higher population (294 vs 192 in Karns City). West Liberty has the higher median household income ($54,583 vs $49,250 in Karns City). West Liberty has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $138,500 in Karns City).

Population, income & housing

	Karns City	West Liberty
Population	192	294
Median age	39.2 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,250	$54,583
Median home value	$138,500	$269,000
Median gross rent	$917	$864
Housing units	97	135
Homeownership rate	57.1%	71.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Karns City	West Liberty
Population	186 → 192 (+3.2%)	347 → 294 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$30,536 → $49,250 (+61.3%)	$57,639 → $54,583 (-5.3%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $138,500 (+59.6%)	$182,000 → $269,000 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $917 (+19.1%)	$788 → $864 (+9.6%)

Karns City

Population

186192

Median household income

$30,536$49,250

Median home value

$86,800$138,500

Median gross rent

$770$917

West Liberty

Population

347294

Median household income

$57,639$54,583

Median home value

$182,000$269,000

Median gross rent

$788$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Karns City	West Liberty
Under 5	12.5%	2.4%
5 to 17	17.7%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	11.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	10.4%	8.5%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	15.3%
75 and over	17.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Karns City	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Karns City	West Liberty
No high school diploma	4.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	81.3%	43.5%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Karns City	West Liberty
Drove alone	71.6%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	14.4%
Other means	14.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Karns City	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	73.2%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Karns City	West Liberty
Poverty rate	20.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.29	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1946	1972