Cateechee vs Liberty

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

Cateechee 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 988 in Cateechee). Since 2019, Cateechee's population has grown faster (+33.9% vs +5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Cateechee	Liberty
Population	988	3,337
Median age	40.4 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$42,077
Median home value	—	$162,800
Median gross rent	$1,261	$725
Housing units	345	1,375
Homeownership rate	86.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	20.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cateechee	Liberty
Population	738 → 988 (+33.9%)	3,177 → 3,337 (+5.0%)
Median household income	—	$50,541 → $42,077 (-16.7%)
Median home value	—	$96,800 → $162,800 (+68.2%)
Median gross rent	$800 → $1,261 (+57.6%)	$810 → $725 (-10.5%)

Cateechee

Population

738988

Median gross rent

$800$1,261

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)

	Cateechee	Liberty
Under 5	1.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	30.5%	23.6%
18 to 24	10.6%	2.8%
25 to 34	3.9%	11.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.1%
45 to 54	19.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	6.4%	9.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.9%
75 and over	4.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cateechee	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	74.2%
Black or African American	7.8%	13.2%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	8.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cateechee	Liberty
No high school diploma	24.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	45.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cateechee	Liberty
Drove alone	71.3%	81.9%
Carpooled	14.5%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.8%
Other means	4.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cateechee	Liberty
1-unit, detached	90.7%	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	9.3%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Cateechee	Liberty
Poverty rate	1.9%	19.4%
Average household size	3.13	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	39	25
Median year structure built	1957	1970