Gladewater vs Liberty City

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

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

Gladewater has the higher population (6,297 vs 2,826 in Liberty City). Liberty City has the higher median household income ($82,800 vs $52,100 in Gladewater). Liberty City has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $162,400 in Gladewater).

Population, income & housing

	Gladewater	Liberty City
Population	6,297	2,826
Median age	33.7 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$52,100	$82,800
Median home value	$162,400	$202,800
Median gross rent	$984	$1,286
Housing units	2,704	1,243
Homeownership rate	57.8%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladewater	Liberty City
Population	5,991 → 6,297 (+5.1%)	2,315 → 2,826 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$31,265 → $52,100 (+66.6%)	$79,559 → $82,800 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $162,400 (+81.3%)	$130,300 → $202,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$848 → $984 (+16.0%)	$946 → $1,286 (+35.9%)

Gladewater

Population

5,9916,297

Median household income

$31,265$52,100

Median home value

$89,600$162,400

Median gross rent

$848$984

Liberty City

Population

2,3152,826

Median household income

$79,559$82,800

Median home value

$130,300$202,800

Median gross rent

$946$1,286

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gladewater	Liberty City
Under 5	9.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	21.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	5.7%
65 to 74	7.3%	18.5%
75 and over	7.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladewater	Liberty City
White (non-Hispanic)	61.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	21.2%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladewater	Liberty City
No high school diploma	17.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	33.1%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladewater	Liberty City
Drove alone	83.4%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladewater	Liberty City
1-unit, detached	80.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladewater	Liberty City
Poverty rate	27.2%	6.8%
Average household size	2.52	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1974	1991