Kilgore vs Liberty City

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

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

Kilgore has the higher population (13,444 vs 2,826 in Liberty City). Liberty City has the higher median household income ($82,800 vs $58,141 in Kilgore). Liberty City has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $154,600 in Kilgore).

Population, income & housing

	Kilgore	Liberty City
Population	13,444	2,826
Median age	33.2 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$58,141	$82,800
Median home value	$154,600	$202,800
Median gross rent	$1,082	$1,286
Housing units	5,190	1,243
Homeownership rate	69.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kilgore	Liberty City
Population	14,827 → 13,444 (-9.3%)	2,315 → 2,826 (+22.1%)
Median household income	$56,715 → $58,141 (+2.5%)	$79,559 → $82,800 (+4.1%)
Median home value	$122,200 → $154,600 (+26.5%)	$130,300 → $202,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,082 (+29.9%)	$946 → $1,286 (+35.9%)

Kilgore

Population

14,82713,444

Median household income

$56,715$58,141

Median home value

$122,200$154,600

Median gross rent

$833$1,082

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)

	Kilgore	Liberty City
Under 5	8.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	20.7%	21.1%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	5.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	18.5%
75 and over	6.3%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kilgore	Liberty City
White (non-Hispanic)	50.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	13.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.1%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kilgore	Liberty City
No high school diploma	19.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	48.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kilgore	Liberty City
Drove alone	83.1%	81.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kilgore	Liberty City
1-unit, detached	80.7%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.2%	19.0%

Poverty & households

	Kilgore	Liberty City
Poverty rate	19.6%	6.8%
Average household size	2.86	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1972	1991