Liberty vs Smithville

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

Liberty and Smithville 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 10,552 in Smithville). Smithville has the higher median household income ($99,925 vs $95,425 in Liberty). Smithville has the higher median home value ($272,500 vs $267,900 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Smithville
Population	30,446	10,552
Median age	37.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,425	$99,925
Median home value	$267,900	$272,500
Median gross rent	$1,164	$977
Housing units	11,887	4,063
Homeownership rate	72.0%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	29.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Smithville
Population	31,328 → 30,446 (-2.8%)	9,884 → 10,552 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$76,577 → $95,425 (+24.6%)	$82,398 → $99,925 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$182,000 → $267,900 (+47.2%)	$194,500 → $272,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$922 → $1,164 (+26.2%)	$799 → $977 (+22.3%)

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

Smithville

Population

9,88410,552

Median household income

$82,398$99,925

Median home value

$194,500$272,500

Median gross rent

$799$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
Under 5	7.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.2%	10.4%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.9%
75 and over	5.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	94.1%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Smithville
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.6%
High school graduate	26.0%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	19.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
Drove alone	79.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	10.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
1-unit, detached	72.8%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	9.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	6.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Smithville
Poverty rate	7.3%	8.8%
Average household size	2.61	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1986	1996