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Raw data sources: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Finance Agency.
Methodology: NeighborhoodScout uses over 600 characteristics to build a neighborhood profile… Read more about Scout's Real Estate Data
With 546 people, 367 houses or apartments, and a median cost of homes of $148,233, the cost of homes in Liberty is among some of the lowest in the nation. Compared to Mississippi, however, Liberty real state is not on the lower end of the price spectrum.
Single-family detached homes are the single most common housing type in Liberty, accounting for 73.77% of the town's housing units. Other types of housing that are prevalent in Liberty include mobile homes or trailers ( 11.48%), large apartment complexes or high rise apartments ( 8.90%), and a few duplexes, homes converted to apartments or other small apartment buildings ( 3.75%).
The most prevalent building size and type in Liberty are three and four bedroom dwellings, chiefly found in single-family detached homes. The town has a mixture of owners and renters, with 60.37% owning and 39.63% renting.
There is a lot of housing in Liberty built from 1970 to 1999 so parts of town may have that "Brady Bunch" look of homes popular in the '70s and early '80s, although some of these houses were built up through the early '90s as well. There is also a lot of housing in Liberty built between 1940-1969 ( 27.63%). A lesser amount of the housing stock also hails from between 2000 and later ( 12.41%). There's also some housing in Liberty built before 1939 ( 12.41%).
Vacant housing appears to be an issue in Liberty. Fully 14.05% of the housing stock is classified as vacant. Left unchecked, vacant Liberty homes and apartments can be a drag on the real estate market, holding Liberty real estate prices below levels they could achieve if vacant housing was absorbed into the market and became occupied. Housing vacancy rates are a useful measure to consider, along with other things, if you are a home buyer or a real estate investor.
Liberty's appreciation rate notably has been below the national average for the last ten years. The average annual home appreciation rate in Liberty during the period has been just 5.14%, which is lower than 80% of US communities.
NeighborhoodScout's data show that during the latest twelve months, Liberty's appreciation rate, at 6.69%, has been at or slightly above the national average. In the latest quarter, Liberty's appreciation rate has been 2.38%, which annualizes to a rate of 9.88%.
Relative to Mississippi, our data show that Liberty's latest annual appreciation rate is higher than 60% of the other cities and towns in Mississippi.
$148,233
for Mississippi
for nation
367
$959 / per month