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West Liberty city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
West Liberty city is a Census city of 3,776 people across 1.77 square miles of land, in Muscatine County. Median household income is $69,345, 76.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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West Liberty
What West Liberty is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.77 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,137
- County holding the largest share of its areaMuscatine County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Liberty
How many people live in West Liberty
- Population3,776
- Median age35.0
- Population under 181,012 plus or minus 231
- Share under 1826.8 percent plus or minus 6.1
- Population 65 and over450 plus or minus 114
- Share 65 and over11.9 percent plus or minus 3.0
- Households1,360
- Family households948
- Share of households that are families69.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Liberty
Income and work in West Liberty
- Median household income$69,345
- Per capita income$29,228
- Civilian labor force2,275
- Employed2,229
- Unemployed46 plus or minus 41
- Unemployment rate2.0 percent plus or minus 1.8
- Adults 25 and over2,506
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher72.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree6.5 percent plus or minus 4.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Liberty
Housing in West Liberty
- Housing units1,406
- Occupied units1,360
- Vacant units46 plus or minus 55
- Vacancy rate3.3 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Owner occupied1,043
- Renter occupied317 plus or minus 126
- Ownership rate76.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$180,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,038 plus or minus $307
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.0 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Single family units921
- Share single family65.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more356 plus or minus 139
- Share in buildings of two or more25.3 percent plus or minus 9.4
- Mobile homes129 plus or minus 82
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
West Liberty
How West Liberty gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,133
- Commuting under 15 minutes1,012 plus or minus 276
- Share commuting under 15 minutes47.4 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more480 plus or minus 153
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more22.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Drove alone74.4 percent
- Carpooled20.0 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Worked from home1.7 percent plus or minus 1.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Muscatine County, not West Liberty
Muscatine County context, not West Liberty figures
These are Muscatine County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as West Liberty measurements.
- Establishments in Muscatine County949
- Employment at those establishments, Muscatine County19,519
- Covered employment, Muscatine County21,234
- Average annual pay, Muscatine County$63,594
- Average weekly wage, Muscatine County$1,223
- Housing units permitted, Muscatine County77
- Of those, single family, Muscatine County30
- County product, 2024, Muscatine County$3,242,090,000
- County product change over the prior year, Muscatine County3.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Muscatine County$51,758
Every figure in this section is published for Muscatine County as a whole and is not a measurement of West Liberty. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
West Liberty questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in West Liberty, Iowa?
3,776, in 1,360 households. West Liberty city covers 1.77 square miles of land, which is 2,137 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is West Liberty in?
Muscatine County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in West Liberty?
$69,345. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $180,000. Median gross rent is $1,038 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page West Liberty figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Muscatine County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of West Liberty.
Is zoning published for West Liberty?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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