Liberty, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
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Liberty is a small borough in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 232 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]
Liberty, Pennsylvania | |
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Downtown Liberty, Pennsylvania, circa mid-2000s, during the annual Blockhouse Festival Parade | |
 Location of Liberty in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. | |
  Liberty Location within the state of Pennsylvania  Liberty Liberty (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 41°33′30″N 77°06′17″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Tioga |
| Settled | 1792 |
| Incorporated (borough) | 1893 |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.47 sq mi (1.23 km2) |
| • Land | 0.47 sq mi (1.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,598 ft (487 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 234 |
| • Density | 491.2/sq mi (189.65/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT |
| ZIP code | 16930 |
| Area code | 570 |
| FIPS code | 42-43128 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1215624 |
Geography
Liberty is located at 41°33′30″N 77°6′14″W (41.558446, -77.103839).[4]
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
As of the census[6] of 2010, there were 249 people, 93 households, and 85 families residing in the borough.[8]
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 hundred 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.
Education
It is in the Southern Tioga School District.[9]
Notable people
- Jimmy Sebring, first baseball player to hit a World Series home run, was born in Liberty.