Liberty is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,715 people and two associated neighborhoods, Liberty is the 266th largest community in North Carolina.Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Liberty is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 45.33% of the Liberty workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Liberty is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and transportation and shipping workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Liberty who work in sales jobs (13.55%), office and administrative support (9.66%), and healthcare suport services (6.15%). Being a small town, Liberty does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.In Liberty, just 9.19% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%. The per capita income in Liberty in 2022 was $26,840, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,360 for a family of four. However, Liberty contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Liberty is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Liberty home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Liberty residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Liberty also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 27.67% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Liberty include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish. In addition, Liberty has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.58%). The most common language spoken in Liberty is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
