Kismet vs Liberal

A side-by-side comparison of Kismet and Liberal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Liberal has the higher population (19,107 vs 476 in Kismet). Kismet has the higher median household income ($63,077 vs $61,875 in Liberal). Liberal has the higher median home value ($134,500 vs $118,000 in Kismet).

Population, income & housing

	Kismet	Liberal
Population	476	19,107
Median age	36.3 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,077	$61,875
Median home value	$118,000	$134,500
Median gross rent	$915	$931
Housing units	215	7,349
Homeownership rate	72.4%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	10.6%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kismet	Liberal
Population	367 → 476 (+29.7%)	19,731 → 19,107 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$59,375 → $63,077 (+6.2%)	$48,629 → $61,875 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$88,400 → $118,000 (+33.5%)	$106,400 → $134,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $915 (+19.9%)	$791 → $931 (+17.7%)

Kismet

Population

367476

Median household income

$59,375$63,077

Median home value

$88,400$118,000

Median gross rent

$763$915

Liberal

Population

19,73119,107

Median household income

$48,629$61,875

Median home value

$106,400$134,500

Median gross rent

$791$931

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kismet	Liberal
Under 5	5.9%	8.8%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.3%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.5%	14.9%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	19.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	8.4%	10.5%
65 to 74	5.5%	5.0%
75 and over	10.9%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kismet	Liberal
White (non-Hispanic)	51.1%	23.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	42.6%	68.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kismet	Liberal
No high school diploma	17.0%	29.1%
High school graduate	24.6%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kismet	Liberal
Drove alone	63.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	30.9%	17.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	3.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.1%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kismet	Liberal
1-unit, detached	80.9%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	11.9%

Poverty & households

	Kismet	Liberal
Poverty rate	12.8%	14.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1966	1972