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Liberty, Pennsylvania
Borough
Downtown Liberty, Pennsylvania, circa mid-2000s, during the annual Blockhouse Festival Parade
Downtown Liberty, Pennsylvania, circa mid-2000s, during the annual Blockhouse Festival Parade
Location of Liberty in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Location of Liberty in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania is located in Pennsylvania
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Location in Pennsylvania
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania is located in the United States
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Tioga
Settled 1792
Incorporated (borough) 1893
Area
 • Total 0.48 sq mi (1.23 km2)
 • Land 0.48 sq mi (1.23 km2)
 • Water 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
1,598 ft (487 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total 234
 • Density 491.60/sq mi (189.65/km2)
Time zone Eastern (EST)
 • Summer (DST) EDT
ZIP code
16930
Area code(s) 570
FIPS code 42-43128
GNIS feature ID 1215624

Liberty is a small borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 232 at the time of the 2020 census.

Geography

Liberty is located at 41°33′30″N 77°6′14″W / 41.55833°N 77.10389°W / 41.55833; -77.10389 (41.558446, -77.103839).

According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 0.5 square mile (1.3 km2), all of it land.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1900 263
1910 253 −3.8%
1920 194 −23.3%
1930 221 13.9%
1940 280 26.7%
1950 271 −3.2%
1960 269 −0.7%
1970 235 −12.6%
1980 220 −6.4%
1990 199 −9.5%
2000 230 15.6%
2010 249 8.3%
2020 232 −6.8%
2021 (est.) 231 −7.2%
Sources:

As of the census of 2010, there were 249 people, 93 households, and 85 families residing in the borough.

The population density was 446.5 inhabitants per square mile (172.4/km2). There were ninety-five housing units at an average density of 184.4 per square mile (71.2/km2).

The racial makeup of the borough was 99.13% White, and 0.87% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.

There were eighty-eight households, out of which 42.0% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 56.8% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.7% were non-families. 27.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the borough the population was spread out, with 31.3% under the age of eighteen, 9.6% from eighteen to twenty-four, 28.7% from twenty-five to forty-four 18.7% from forty-five to sixty-four, and 11.7% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was thirty-two years.

For every one hundre females there were 101.8 males. For every one hundred females who were aged eighteen and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the borough was $39,219, and the median income for a family was $38,542. Males had a median income of $27,813 compared with that of $19,688 for females.

The per capita income for the borough was $17,690.

Roughly 4.9% of families and 9.8% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 13.6% of those who were under the age of eighteen. None who were aged sixty-five or older were living in poverty.

Notable people

  • Jimmy Sebring, first baseball player to hit a World Series home run, was born in Liberty.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Liberty (condado de Tioga, Pensilvania) para niños

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