Liberty vs Pickens

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

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

Pickens has the higher population (3,386 vs 3,337 in Liberty). Pickens has the higher median household income ($58,534 vs $42,077 in Liberty). Pickens has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $162,800 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Pickens
Population	3,337	3,386
Median age	38.9 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$42,077	$58,534
Median home value	$162,800	$196,400
Median gross rent	$725	$874
Housing units	1,375	1,452
Homeownership rate	76.4%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Pickens
Population	3,177 → 3,337 (+5.0%)	3,160 → 3,386 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$50,541 → $42,077 (-16.7%)	$39,103 → $58,534 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $162,800 (+68.2%)	$118,800 → $196,400 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$810 → $725 (-10.5%)	$734 → $874 (+19.1%)

Liberty

Population

3,1773,337

Median household income

$50,541$42,077

Median home value

$96,800$162,800

Median gross rent

$810$725

Pickens

Population

3,1603,386

Median household income

$39,103$58,534

Median home value

$118,800$196,400

Median gross rent

$734$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Pickens
Under 5	5.3%	8.7%
5 to 17	23.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.1%
75 and over	6.9%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Pickens
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	72.7%
Black or African American	13.2%	13.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Pickens
No high school diploma	11.9%	14.8%
High school graduate	43.0%	45.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	26.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Pickens
Drove alone	81.9%	88.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Pickens
1-unit, detached	87.1%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	12.5%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Pickens
Poverty rate	19.4%	16.7%
Average household size	2.42	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1970	1963