Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
The best of Liberty’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and history and an A+ for civic life; the weakest is a D for incomes. On incomes, just 61 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns do worse. 27% of residents are 65 or older in Liberty, where Indiana’s towns sit at 18% and U.S. towns at 18%. Only 5 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score higher on civic life. Liberty has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Union County Courthouse and Liberty Courthouse Square Historic District. On the outdoors, just 52 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns do worse. Liberty has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Liberty beats most towns.
Union County Courthouse
Census counts: 420 in 1850, 2,000 in 2020. The archive holds 30 old photos and papers going back to 1897 and 2 maps from 1960 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Liberty is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Liberty, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Liberty.
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (17% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 29% of residents (37% statewide). Liberty has lost 3.8% of its people since 2020, down to 1,967 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 21% of residents are under 18 in Liberty, below Indiana’s towns (23%) and close to U.S. towns (22%).
| Liberty | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 21% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 41.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
54% women, 46% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Liberty | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.8% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 7.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.5% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 14.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 18.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 32.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 4.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.3% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Liberty home is worth about $194,000, up 10.7% in a year, 24% below the Indiana typical home. The median rent in Liberty is $698 a month.
| Liberty | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $698 a month | $947 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 68% | 76% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Liberty has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 25 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 14% work in town. 19% of Liberty residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Liberty has lost 70 jobs, to 715 in 2023.
| Liberty | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 19% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $46,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Liberty beats the Indiana average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 26% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Liberty.
| Liberty | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Liberty | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.3% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty. Close and well known come first.
39 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
39 mi GardenSpring Grove Cemetery
35 mi LandmarkWilliam Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial
34 mi LandmarkLux Mundi27 mi Theme parkStricker's Grove
40 mi MuseumDayton Art Institute304K visitors a yearCreation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Spring Grove Cemetery: Original uploader was Mind meal at en.wikipedia, CC BY 2.0 · William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial: Kevin Myers at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lux Mundi: NTT72USA, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dayton Art Institute: Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0
3 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty
About 3 of every 100 Liberty residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
2 places in Liberty on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Liberty.
Town in Indiana, United States
Liberty is a town in and the county seat of Union County, Indiana, United States, located about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of the state's border with Ohio. The population was 2,000 at the 2020 census.
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2.2 times the nonprofits per person than the typical Indiana town.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
7 notable people were born here, including Ambrose Burnside and Daniel Trembly MacDougal.
