Kearney vs Liberty

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

Kearney 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 10,696 in Kearney). Kearney has the higher median household income ($102,523 vs $95,425 in Liberty). Kearney has the higher median home value ($275,200 vs $267,900 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Kearney	Liberty
Population	10,696	30,446
Median age	41.3 yrs	37.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,523	$95,425
Median home value	$275,200	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,164
Housing units	4,489	11,887
Homeownership rate	76.1%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kearney	Liberty
Population	10,095 → 10,696 (+6.0%)	31,328 → 30,446 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$85,561 → $102,523 (+19.8%)	$76,577 → $95,425 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$188,700 → $275,200 (+45.8%)	$182,000 → $267,900 (+47.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,063 → $1,000 (-5.9%)	$922 → $1,164 (+26.2%)

Kearney

Population

10,09510,696

Median household income

$85,561$102,523

Median home value

$188,700$275,200

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,000

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)

	Kearney	Liberty
Under 5	5.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.0%	9.7%
75 and over	6.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kearney	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kearney	Liberty
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.1%
High school graduate	29.3%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.4%	13.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kearney	Liberty
Drove alone	79.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kearney	Liberty
1-unit, detached	80.8%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.8%
20 or more units	1.7%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Kearney	Liberty
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.51	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	2001	1986