Liberal, Kansas has a City Trade Pull Factor of 1.23. This is figured by dividing statewide per capita sales tax by city per capita sales tax. A pull factor greater than one indicates local businesses are pulling in trade from out of town rather than losing it to other towns.

Liberal, Kansas Pull Factor

Year	Sales Tax Collections	Per Capita	Pull Factor	Trade Area Capture	% County Sales
2005	$14,835,885	$742	1.15	22,917	93.5
2006	$16,194,337	$808	1.21	24,197	92.1
2007	$17,202,276	$853	1.24	25,009	91.0
2008	$18,315,936	$920	1.28	25,421	92.1
2009	$17,292,127	$871	1.24	24,710	93.0
2010	$16,115,055	$815	1.24	24,517	93.1
2011	$20,143,669	$981	1.23	25,230	92.7
2012	$21,644,580	$1,038	1.23	25,758	92.4
2013	$22,259,769	$1,055	1.23	25,984	92.4

 

Source: Kansas Department of Revenue