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Liberty, KY

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Liberty, KY: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,026. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet LIBERTY-KY · Liberty, KY 1 ZIPs · 10,026 pop · #23816/25278 · Casey County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $40,862
  • RANK-BOTTOM #23816/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Middleburg
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,026
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $130,500

Nearest income peer: Middleburg, KY (+ $2,370 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Liberty

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Liberty on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Liberty, KY sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

6th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,026
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$40,862
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($40,862 average) · poverty 21.9%. The primary code (42539) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.5%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Liberty as a pure owner town.

Within Kentucky, Hagerhill is the closest lower-income city and Graham the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Liberty.

Population concentration

Liberty's single ZIP 42539 carries the town

Liberty is published as a single USPS ZIP. Code 42539 is the entire residential footprint (10,026 ACS residents), so the city page and the ZIP page tell the same household story, open that ZIP for income, tenure, and commute detail.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Liberty's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 184 establishments, 2,077 employees , annual payroll $75,222k (~18 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 42539 (184 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (47) · also Health care and social assistance · Manufacturing .

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ZIP Codes in Liberty, KY

These ZIP codes sit in Casey County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Liberty. See the Casey County roll-up →

Every one of the 4 cities sharing Casey County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Liberty, Windsor, Yosemite and Middleburg among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Windsor marks the far end of that range at $70,692, 73% above Liberty.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
42539 10,026 $40,862 184 18
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Liberty roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Liberty, .