Ames vs Liberty

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

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

Liberty has the higher population (8,491 vs 1,085 in Ames). Liberty has the higher median household income ($52,341 vs $44,236 in Ames). Ames has the higher median home value ($153,800 vs $127,200 in Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Ames	Liberty
Population	1,085	8,491
Median age	39.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,236	$52,341
Median home value	$153,800	$127,200
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,097
Housing units	478	3,449
Homeownership rate	67.2%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.7%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ames	Liberty
Population	1,394 → 1,085 (-22.2%)	9,131 → 8,491 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$26,179 → $44,236 (+69.0%)	$58,057 → $52,341 (-9.8%)
Median home value	$64,300 → $153,800 (+139.2%)	$93,600 → $127,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,000 → $1,008 (+0.8%)	$882 → $1,097 (+24.4%)

Ames

Population

1,3941,085

Median household income

$26,179$44,236

Median home value

$64,300$153,800

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,008

Liberty

Population

9,1318,491

Median household income

$58,057$52,341

Median home value

$93,600$127,200

Median gross rent

$882$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ames	Liberty
Under 5	2.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	25.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.3%	8.4%
25 to 34	11.4%	12.4%
35 to 44	6.5%	18.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	18.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	8.6%
75 and over	3.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ames	Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	4.6%	55.4%
Black or African American	87.2%	7.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	31.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ames	Liberty
No high school diploma	12.0%	20.8%
High school graduate	59.1%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ames	Liberty
Drove alone	87.9%	70.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	21.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.9%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ames	Liberty
1-unit, detached	74.1%	63.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Ames	Liberty
Poverty rate	25.3%	21.9%
Average household size	2.65	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1999	1976