† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWest LibertyIowaUnited States
Mexican41.9%5.0%11.3%
Salvadoran3.5%0.3%0.7%
Puerto Rican1.5%0.3%1.8%
Cuban0.6%—0.7%
Guatemalan0.6%0.4%0.5%
Colombian0.6%—0.4%
German17.8%30.5%12.5%
English7.1%10.2%9.5%
Irish6.4%12.8%9.4%
American4.7%4.6%5.3%
French1.2%—1.6%
Norwegian1.2%4.1%—
Swedish1.1%1.9%—
Polish1.0%—2.2%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
West Liberty
Iowa
United States
Median age
35
38.8
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.8%
18.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
West Liberty
Iowa
United States
Median household income
$69,345
$75,059
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.3%
11.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
16.2%
31.8%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
West Liberty
Iowa
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
48.2%
9.2%
22.3%
Spanish
48.2%
4.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
West Liberty
Iowa
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
10.9%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
55.2%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
West Liberty, Iowa
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+15.4%
2008
+28.0%
2012
+36.1%
2016
+31.1%
2020
+31.0%
2024
+30.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
64.4%Harris854
33.9%Trump450
1.7%
D+30.4
R+0.6
D+31.9
1,327
D
64.6%Biden968
33.6%Trump503
1.9%
D+31.0
R+0.1
D+26.6
1,499
D
62.0%Clinton873
30.9%Trump435
7.0%
D+31.1
R+5.0
D+29.0
1,407
D
67.1%Obama980
31.0%Romney453
1.8%
D+36.1
D+8.1
D+32.2
1,460
D
62.7%Obama821
34.7%McCain454
2.6%
D+28.0
D+12.6
D+20.8
1,309
D
57.3%Kerry709
41.9%Bush518
0.8%
D+15.4
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D+17.9
1,237
West Liberty is roughly 60% Hispanic, making it the most Latino municipality in Iowa and a consistent outlier in a surrounding Muscatine County that leans heavily in the other direction at the presidential level.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 36.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 0.6 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 30.4 points.
A population of 3,776, a 42% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $69,345 describe the city.
In 2024, West Liberty, Iowa voted Democratic by 30.4 points (D+30.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 1,327 votes cast, 854 went Democratic and 450 went Republican.
How many people live in West Liberty, Iowa?
West Liberty, Iowa has a population of 3,776 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in West Liberty, Iowa?
Median household income in West Liberty, Iowa is $69,345 — below the national median of $80,734. The Iowa state median is $75,059.
What is the political history of West Liberty, Iowa?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in West Liberty, Iowa from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
