Arial vs Liberty

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (3,337 vs 2,024 in Arial). Arial has the higher median household income ($50,132 vs $42,077 in Liberty). Arial has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $162,800 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Arial	Liberty
Population	2,024	3,337
Median age	45.5 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,132	$42,077
Median home value	$169,200	$162,800
Median gross rent	$749	$725
Housing units	1,084	1,375
Homeownership rate	90.0%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arial	Liberty
Population	2,185 → 2,024 (-7.4%)	3,177 → 3,337 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$39,875 → $50,132 (+25.7%)	$50,541 → $42,077 (-16.7%)
Median home value	$112,600 → $169,200 (+50.3%)	$96,800 → $162,800 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $749 (-10.1%)	$810 → $725 (-10.5%)

Arial

Population

2,1852,024

Median household income

$39,875$50,132

Median home value

$112,600$169,200

Median gross rent

$833$749

Liberty

Population

3,1773,337

Median household income

$50,541$42,077

Median home value

$96,800$162,800

Median gross rent

$810$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arial	Liberty
Under 5	4.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.8%	23.6%
18 to 24	12.7%	2.8%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.4%
35 to 44	10.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	13.9%
75 and over	11.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arial	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	74.2%
Black or African American	5.1%	13.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arial	Liberty
No high school diploma	12.8%	11.9%
High school graduate	37.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	33.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arial	Liberty
Drove alone	85.6%	81.9%
Carpooled	11.2%	11.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arial	Liberty
1-unit, detached	77.0%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Arial	Liberty
Poverty rate	10.5%	19.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1975	1970