Gloster vs Liberty

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

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

Gloster has the higher population (1,189 vs 845 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($42,829 vs $22,500 in Gloster). Liberty has the higher median home value ($104,300 vs $73,400 in Gloster).

Population, income & housing

	Gloster	Liberty
Population	1,189	845
Median age	44.9 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$22,500	$42,829
Median home value	$73,400	$104,300
Median gross rent	$576	$415
Housing units	591	442
Homeownership rate	48.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gloster	Liberty
Population	1,081 → 1,189 (+10.0%)	765 → 845 (+10.5%)
Median household income	$17,375 → $22,500 (+29.5%)	$33,750 → $42,829 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $73,400 (+7.5%)	$94,100 → $104,300 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$470 → $576 (+22.6%)	$432 → $415 (-3.9%)

Gloster

Population

1,0811,189

Median household income

$17,375$22,500

Median home value

$68,300$73,400

Median gross rent

$470$576

Liberty

Population

765845

Median household income

$33,750$42,829

Median home value

$94,100$104,300

Median gross rent

$432$415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gloster	Liberty
Under 5	4.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	10.8%
18 to 24	6.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.6%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	20.7%	7.9%
65 to 74	7.0%	17.0%
75 and over	8.2%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gloster	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	74.6%
Black or African American	75.2%	22.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gloster	Liberty
No high school diploma	20.8%	18.0%
High school graduate	51.4%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	21.1%	29.6%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	8.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gloster	Liberty
Drove alone	90.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gloster	Liberty
1-unit, detached	65.0%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	5.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	14.3%

Poverty & households

	Gloster	Liberty
Poverty rate	32.0%	16.4%
Average household size	2.40	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	38	36
Median year structure built	1976	1977