What is the population of Liberal city?

Liberal city has 776 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #427 of 1,082 in Missouri.

What is the median household income in Liberal city?

Median household income in Liberal city is $53,333 a year, 32.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Liberal city?

Median gross rent is $680 a month and the median home value is $76,700, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.

Is Liberal city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Liberal city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Liberal, MO population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Liberal, Missouri (Liberal, MO — Census place “Liberal city”) is 776 residents, ranking #427 of 1082 places in Missouri. Median household income is $53,333, the median home is worth $76,700 and median gross rent runs $680 a month. Looking for the Liberal Missouri ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Liberal, MO: 64762.

Population: 776Liberal city residents
Median household income: $53,333Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $76,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $680Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.9%Owner-occupied households

Liberal ZIP codes (Missouri)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Liberal.

The Liberal MO ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

64762

What the numbers mean in Liberal city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Liberal city median would spend about 15.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.5% of residents and 68.9% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Liberal city, MO in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Liberal city is a very small community in Missouri, with 776 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #427 of 1,082 ranked by population — larger than 60% of them. The median age here is 40.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Liberal city earn a median of $53,333 a year, 32.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 4% below the $55,543 median for the 374 Missouri cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Liberal city is valued at $76,700, 74.7% below the national figure and 50% below the $152,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $680 a month, 51.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,160 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 68.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 776 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Liberal city against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Liberal city?: Liberal city has 776 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #427 of 1,082 in Missouri.
What is the median household income in Liberal city?: Median household income in Liberal city is $53,333 a year, 32.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Liberal city?: Median gross rent is $680 a month and the median home value is $76,700, so rent absorbs about 15.3% of median household income.
Is Liberal city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Liberal city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Liberal city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.