Lamar vs Liberal

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

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

Lamar has the higher population (4,290 vs 776 in Liberal). Liberal has the higher median household income ($53,333 vs $34,894 in Lamar). Lamar has the higher median home value ($114,800 vs $76,700 in Liberal).

Population, income & housing

	Lamar	Liberal
Population	4,290	776
Median age	39.6 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$34,894	$53,333
Median home value	$114,800	$76,700
Median gross rent	$830	$680
Housing units	2,046	429
Homeownership rate	51.3%	68.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	12.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lamar	Liberal
Population	4,303 → 4,290 (-0.3%)	612 → 776 (+26.8%)
Median household income	$32,402 → $34,894 (+7.7%)	$34,643 → $53,333 (+54.0%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $114,800 (+28.1%)	$58,000 → $76,700 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$561 → $830 (+48.0%)	$491 → $680 (+38.5%)

Lamar

Population

4,3034,290

Median household income

$32,402$34,894

Median home value

$89,600$114,800

Median gross rent

$561$830

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	Liberal
Under 5	3.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	12.5%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	6.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	20.9%
55 to 64	12.0%	11.7%
65 to 74	13.6%	6.3%
75 and over	7.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lamar	Liberal
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.2%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lamar	Liberal
No high school diploma	12.9%	9.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	41.1%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lamar	Liberal
Drove alone	91.1%	82.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	3.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lamar	Liberal
1-unit, detached	84.4%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	15.9%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Lamar	Liberal
Poverty rate	33.3%	14.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1970	1960