Liberty is a medium-sized city located in the state of Missouri. With a population of 30,775 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Liberty is the 21st largest community in Missouri. Liberty real estate is some of the most expensive in Missouri, although Liberty house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Liberty is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Liberty is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Liberty who work in management occupations (12.85%), office and administrative support (11.01%), and sales jobs (10.81%). Also of interest is that Liberty has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.79% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Liberty is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.The citizens of Liberty are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.32% of adults in Liberty have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Liberty in 2022 was $38,445, which is wealthy relative to Missouri, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $153,780 for a family of four. However, Liberty contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Liberty is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Liberty home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Liberty residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Liberty include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Liberty is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Other Indo-European.
