Liberty vs Tyro

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

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

Tyro has the higher population (191 vs 128 in Liberty). Tyro has the higher median home value ($133,800 vs $46,500 in Liberty). Since 2019, Liberty's population has grown faster (+47.1% vs +17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Tyro
Population	128	191
Median age	31.6 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median home value	$46,500	$133,800
Housing units	55	103
Homeownership rate	94.0%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	2.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Tyro
Population	87 → 128 (+47.1%)	163 → 191 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$41,458 → $73,750 (+77.9%)	$56,167 → $57,583 (+2.5%)
Median home value	$48,500 → $46,500 (-4.1%)	$63,600 → $133,800 (+110.4%)
Median gross rent	$700 → $875 (+25.0%)	—

Liberty

Population

87128

Median household income

$41,458$73,750

Median home value

$48,500$46,500

Median gross rent

$700$875

Tyro

Population

163191

Median household income

$56,167$57,583

Median home value

$63,600$133,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Tyro
Under 5	8.6%	9.4%
5 to 17	34.4%	4.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	22.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.9%	2.6%
45 to 54	4.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	21.1%	5.2%
65 to 74	3.9%	36.1%
75 and over	2.3%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Tyro
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	16.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	18.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Tyro
No high school diploma	19.2%	4.9%
High school graduate	34.2%	77.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	1.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.7%	0.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Tyro
Drove alone	85.7%	87.7%
Carpooled	14.3%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Tyro
1-unit, detached	74.5%	94.2%
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	25.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Tyro
Poverty rate	12.5%	34.6%
Average household size	2.56	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1957	1974