Liberty vs Smithville

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

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

Smithville has the higher population (5,158 vs 367 in Liberty). Liberty has the higher median household income ($44,205 vs $29,507 in Smithville). Liberty has the higher median home value ($182,100 vs $153,500 in Smithville).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty	Smithville
Population	367	5,158
Median age	34.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$44,205	$29,507
Median home value	$182,100	$153,500
Median gross rent	$758	$676
Housing units	174	2,187
Homeownership rate	61.8%	48.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	14.2%
Unemployment rate	9.5%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty	Smithville
Population	374 → 367 (-1.9%)	4,711 → 5,158 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$48,250 → $44,205 (-8.4%)	$32,813 → $29,507 (-10.1%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $182,100 (+34.2%)	$125,300 → $153,500 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $758 (+10.2%)	$632 → $676 (+7.0%)

Liberty

Population

374367

Median household income

$48,250$44,205

Median home value

$135,700$182,100

Median gross rent

$688$758

Smithville

Population

4,7115,158

Median household income

$32,813$29,507

Median home value

$125,300$153,500

Median gross rent

$632$676

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
Under 5	10.6%	14.5%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.2%
18 to 24	11.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.0%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.8%
75 and over	5.7%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	18.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty	Smithville
No high school diploma	8.9%	34.9%
High school graduate	44.7%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	15.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
Drove alone	89.2%	70.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	27.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty	Smithville
1-unit, detached	76.4%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	20.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	10.3%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Liberty	Smithville
Poverty rate	18.5%	38.3%
Average household size	2.22	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1968	1974