Excelsior Springs vs Liberty

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (30,446 vs 10,502 in Excelsior Springs). Liberty has the higher median household income ($95,425 vs $74,056 in Excelsior Springs). Liberty has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $174,000 in Excelsior Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
Population	10,502	30,446
Median age	35.7 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,056	$95,425
Median home value	$174,000	$267,900
Median gross rent	$907	$1,164
Housing units	4,266	11,887
Homeownership rate	68.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
Population	11,640 → 10,502 (-9.8%)	31,328 → 30,446 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$49,428 → $74,056 (+49.8%)	$76,577 → $95,425 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$135,400 → $174,000 (+28.5%)	$182,000 → $267,900 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $907 (+32.4%)	$922 → $1,164 (+26.2%)

Excelsior Springs

Population

11,64010,502

Median household income

$49,428$74,056

Median home value

$135,400$174,000

Median gross rent

$685$907

Liberty

Population

31,32830,446

Median household income

$76,577$95,425

Median home value

$182,000$267,900

Median gross rent

$922$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
Under 5	4.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.4%
65 to 74	7.5%	9.7%
75 and over	7.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	82.9%	83.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
No high school diploma	12.0%	3.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
Drove alone	78.0%	79.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	13.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
1-unit, detached	75.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Excelsior Springs	Liberty
Poverty rate	13.7%	7.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1970	1986