Liberty township, Clay County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 72.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.4 sq. mi.
Population: 38,184 (86% urban, 14% rural)
| Males: 18,500 |  (48.4%) |
| Females: 19,684 |  (51.6%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 36,793 (29,565 owner occupied, 7,228 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Liberty township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 92.6%
- Black: 2.4%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
- Asian: 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.0%
- Hispanic or Latino: 2.7%
- Two or more races: 1.2%
- Some other race: 0.1%
Median age of males: 33.2
Median age of females: 33.9
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Average household size: 2.69
| Liberty township: | 2.7 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.11
| Liberty township: | $60,541 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $671 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $149,800 (it was $104,400 in 2000)
| : | $149,800 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $168,954
Here: $168,954 State: $173,356
Townhouses or other attached units: $126,125
Here: $126,125 State: $164,597
In 2-unit structures: $132,911
Here: $132,911 State: $128,124
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $119,108
Here: $119,108 State: $113,062
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $81,341
Here: $81,341 State: $162,570
Mobile homes: $40,734
Here: $40,734 State: $50,605
| Population density: 530 people per square mile | (high). |
| This township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 7.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Liberty, Pleasant Valley, Glenaire.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Church in Liberty township: Providence Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Old Providence Cemetery (1), Pickett Cemetery (2), Robertson Cemetery (3), Wade Cemetery (4), Keller Cemetery (5), Watkins Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: W-W Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Creeks: Brushy Creek (A), Shoal Creek (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
84% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 100% lived in this county.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 86
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $22,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
People in group quarters in Liberty township, Missouri:
- 632 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 322 people in nursing homes
- 178 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 91 people in religious group quarters
- 79 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 17 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 16 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 2 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 34
- Mobile homes: 7
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- English (31.8%)
- German (31.8%)
- African (13.6%)
- French (except Basque) (12.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 20 (49%)
- Carpooled: 13 (32%)
- Worked at home: 8 (20%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (59%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (41%)
People in group quarters in Liberty township, Missouri:
- 632 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 322 people in nursing homes
- 178 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 91 people in religious group quarters
- 79 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 24 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 22 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 17 people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 16 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 8 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 2 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
- 2 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 93- In family households: 59 (14 male householders, 0 female householders)
14 spouses, 31 children (31 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 34 (14 male householders (7 living alone)), 7 female householders (0 living alone)), 13 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 6 2-persons, 8 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 7 1-person, 14 2-persons,
8,445 married couples with children.
1,867 single-parent households (391 men, 1,476 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |