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Population (year 2000): 3,332. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,603 (+8.1% change)
Males: 1,677 (50.3%), Females: 1,655 (49.7%)
Muscatine County
Zip code:
52776
Median resident age: 31.7 years
Median household income: $37,925 (year 2000)
Median house value: $85,000 (year 2000)
Races in West Liberty:
- White Non-Hispanic (54.8%)
- Hispanic (40.5%)
- Other race (25.0%)
- Two or more races (3.5%)
- Other Asian (2.2%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Vietnamese (0.6%)
- Asian Indian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: German (21.3%), Irish (10.4%),
English (6.1%), Dutch (3.8%), United States (2.5%), Danish
(2.3%).
Elevation: 676 feet
Land area: 1.6 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Liberty
- High school or higher: 68.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.0%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 18.3 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Liberty city
- Never married: 21.3%
- Now married: 61.2%
- Separated: 1.0%
- Widowed: 8.7%
- Divorced: 7.8%
25.6% Foreign born (22.7% Latin America, 2.6%
Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +375 (+12.7%).
Hospitals/medical centers near West Liberty:
- UNITY HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; MUSCATINE, IA)
- MERCY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; IOWA CITY, IA)
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITAL & CLINIC (about 21
miles; IOWA CITY, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Liberty:
- THE EASTERN IOWA (about 38 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA;
ID: CID)
- QUAD CITY INTL (about 54 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: MLI)
- SOUTHEAST IOWA REGIONAL (about 57 miles; BURLINGTON,
IA; ID: BRL)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Liberty:
- MATHEWS MEMORIAL (about 15 miles; TIPTON, IA; ID:
8C4)
- MUSCATINE MUNI (about 17 miles; MUSCATINE, IA; ID:
MUT)
- IOWA CITY MUNI (about 20 miles; IOWA CITY, IA; ID:
IOW)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Liberty:
- UNIVERSITY OF IOWA (about 21 miles; IOWA CITY, IA;
Full-time enrollment: 24,766)
- EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 48
miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
- AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 49 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL;
FT enrollment: 2,220)
- SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 49 miles; DAVENPORT,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
- BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 53 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT
enrollment: 3,891)
- KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 61 miles; CEDAR
RAPIDS, IA; FT enrollment: 7,991)
- WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (about 87 miles; MACOMB,
IL; FT enrollment: 11,096)
Public high school in West Liberty:
- WEST LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 358;
Location: 113 E 7TH STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in West Liberty:
- WEST LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 493;
Location: 806 N MILLER; Grades: 03 - 08)
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 306;
Location: 111 W 7TH ST; Grades: PK - 02)
Library in West Liberty:
- WEST LIBERTY PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $92,196; Location: 400 N. SPENCER ST.; 15,175
books; 1,275 audio materials; 89 video materials; 54
serial subscriptions)
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