Elk City vs Liberty

A side-by-side comparison of Elk City and Liberty: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk City and Liberty are places in Kansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Elk City has the higher population (281 vs 128 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median home value ($46,500 vs $22,300 in Elk City). Since 2019, Liberty's population has grown faster (+47.1% vs -2.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Liberty
Population	281	128
Median age	46.0 yrs	31.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,417	—
Median home value	$22,300	$46,500
Median gross rent	$921	—
Housing units	137	55
Homeownership rate	77.5%	94.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	5.5%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Liberty
Population	288 → 281 (-2.4%)	87 → 128 (+47.1%)
Median household income	$24,750 → $35,417 (+43.1%)	$41,458 → $73,750 (+77.9%)
Median home value	$24,800 → $22,300 (-10.1%)	$48,500 → $46,500 (-4.1%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $921 (+26.2%)	$700 → $875 (+25.0%)

Elk City

Population

288281

Median household income

$24,750$35,417

Median home value

$24,800$22,300

Median gross rent

$730$921

Liberty

Population

87128

Median household income

$41,458$73,750

Median home value

$48,500$46,500

Median gross rent

$700$875

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk City	Liberty
Under 5	1.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	34.4%
18 to 24	13.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	14.1%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	4.7%
55 to 64	9.6%	21.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	3.9%
75 and over	19.2%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	78.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.6%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	18.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Liberty
No high school diploma	8.3%	19.2%
High school graduate	27.0%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Liberty
Drove alone	78.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	18.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Liberty
1-unit, detached	75.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.1%	25.5%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Liberty
Poverty rate	26.7%	12.5%
Average household size	3.16	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1938	1957