Lamar Heights vs Liberal

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

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

Liberal has the higher population (776 vs 127 in Lamar Heights). Liberal has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $38,958 in Lamar Heights). Lamar Heights has the higher median home value ($260,000 vs $76,700 in Liberal).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
Population	127	776
Median age	31.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,958	$53,333
Median home value	$260,000	$76,700
Median gross rent	$754	$680
Housing units	57	429
Homeownership rate	52.6%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
Population	179 → 127 (-29.1%)	612 → 776 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$38,750 → $38,958 (+0.5%)	$34,643 → $53,333 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$142,200 → $260,000 (+82.8%)	$58,000 → $76,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $754 (+4.0%)	$491 → $680 (+38.5%)

Lamar Heights

Population

179127

Median household income

$38,750$38,958

Median home value

$142,200$260,000

Median gross rent

$725$754

Liberal

Population

612776

Median household income

$34,643$53,333

Median home value

$58,000$76,700

Median gross rent

$491$680

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
Under 5	15.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	3.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	18.9%	12.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	6.3%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	20.9%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	6.3%
75 and over	11.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.3%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
No high school diploma	16.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	45.6%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
Drove alone	75.0%	82.8%
Carpooled	23.3%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
1-unit, detached	78.9%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Lamar Heights	Liberal
Poverty rate	29.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	10	25
Median year structure built	1977	1960