Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
It is a town of 1,946 residents in Indiana.
The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades is a B+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D for incomes. Only 6 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score lower on hazard risk. CDC estimates put its residents' health behind 91% of the country. Only 30 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on incomes. William Proctor House is on the National Register of Historic Places. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,379 in 1890, 1,968 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2013 and 3 maps from 1948 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Liberty Township, 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 Township.
In Liberty Township, 17% of adults report frequent physical distress, and 20% report frequent mental distress. Among adults in the town, 22% smoke cigarettes, above both Indiana’s towns (17%) and U.S. towns (14%). A quarter of Liberty Township adults say their health is fair or poor.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 17% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 21% | 19% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 21.8% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 11.4% | 8.1% |
| More smokers | 21.7% | 15.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to Crawford County Community School Corp. Enrollment at Liberty Township’s public school: 267 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 267 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Of the losses FEMA expects in Liberty Township, 62% come from inland flooding and 19% from tornadoes. Households in the town have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2008. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in just over four fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The share of residents in Liberty Township who live below the poverty line: 16%. Most working residents leave Liberty Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in the town fell to 198 in 2023, 22 fewer than in 2013. In Liberty Township, the average commute is 31 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $50,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The peak summer temperature in Liberty Township is 86°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest park or preserve is Harrison-Crawford State Forest, at 288 acres. Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 1.0 miles. For Liberty Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Harrison-Crawford State Forest | — | 288 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Liberty Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
Township in Indiana, United States
Liberty Township is one of nine townships in Crawford County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,968 and it contained 891 housing units.
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3 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | D |
| Whiskey Run Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D |
| Southeast Township | — | — | A− | — | B | D |
| Sterling Township | — | — | A− | — | C | D− |
Liberty Township, Whiskey Run Township, Southeast Township and Sterling Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Whiskey Run Township, Southeast Township and Sterling Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Liberty Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. The typical home is worth about $103,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.