Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 14.64 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Liberal have a very low rate of college education: just 9.39% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Liberal in 2022 was $25,078, which is low income relative to Kansas, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $100,312 for a family of four. However, Liberal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Liberal is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Liberal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Liberal, accounting for 66.23% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Liberal residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Liberal include German, Irish, English, Scottish, and European.
Liberal also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 29.23%.
The most common language spoken in Liberal is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and African languages.
