Liberty vs North Kansas City

A side-by-side comparison of Liberty and North Kansas City: population, income, housing, and more.

Liberty and North Kansas City 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 4,758 in North Kansas City). Liberty has the higher median household income ($95,425 vs $46,024 in North Kansas City). Liberty has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $194,700 in North Kansas City).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	North Kansas City
Population	30,446	4,758
Median age	37.3 yrs	47.1 yrs
Median household income	$95,425	$46,024
Median home value	$267,900	$194,700
Median gross rent	$1,164	$1,146
Housing units	11,887	3,260
Homeownership rate	72.0%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	North Kansas City
Population	31,328 → 30,446 (-2.8%)	4,477 → 4,758 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$76,577 → $95,425 (+24.6%)	$42,026 → $46,024 (+9.5%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $267,900 (+47.2%)	$136,700 → $194,700 (+42.4%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,164 (+26.2%)	$882 → $1,146 (+29.9%)

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

North Kansas City

Population

4,4774,758

Median household income

$42,026$46,024

Median home value

$136,700$194,700

Median gross rent

$882$1,146

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	North Kansas City
Under 5	7.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.1%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.7%	15.1%
75 and over	5.6%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	North Kansas City
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	64.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	13.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	2.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	14.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	North Kansas City
No high school diploma	3.1%	7.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	North Kansas City
Drove alone	79.5%	83.2%
Carpooled	5.1%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	9.8%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	North Kansas City
1-unit, detached	72.8%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	19.6%
20 or more units	7.8%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	North Kansas City
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.7%
Average household size	2.61	1.65
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1986	1974