Liberty is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 2,704 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. 41.70% 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 (14.46%), office and administrative support (8.82%), and business and financial occupations (6.59%). Liberty is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The rate of college-level education in Liberty is quite a bit lower than the national average among all cities of 21.84%: just 10.98% of people here over 25 have a bachelor's degree or an advanced degree. The per capita income in Liberty in 2022 was $25,984, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $103,936 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 17.63% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Liberty include English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Liberty is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
