Liberty TownshipHendricks County, IN
A town of 6,297. Public schools that outperform most of Indiana.
Is Liberty Township a good place to live?
Liberty Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $313K for a typical one, or 3.9 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. It grades A overall, 80th among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $82K. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns.
What makes Liberty Township stand out
Where Liberty Township beats most towns.
How Liberty Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lucas Oil Stadium and 37 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
33 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
20 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
22 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
20 mi MuseumIndianapolis Museum of Art428K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Lucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indianapolis Museum of Art: No machine-readable author provided. Cszmurlo assumed (based on copyright claims, CC BY 3.0
Moving to Liberty Township: who provides what
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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Liberty Township.
Liberty Township pairs an A for schools with modest home prices, trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
Public schools in Liberty Township beat 85% of Indiana districts
Its A for schools comes with a B+ for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $313K.
Of its 3 schools, two are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by Mill Creek Community School Corp. The largest public high school is Cascade Senior High School, with 537 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek East ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 359 | A− |
| Cascade Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 537 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Top of a low hazard risk in Liberty Township: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Liberty Township, 50% come from inland flooding and 17% from tornadoes. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in the town than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Liberty Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 19°, with about 22 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Liberty Township’s working residents commute to Indianapolis
Liberty Township has about as many jobs (3,422) as working residents, but only 253 people both live and work here. The average commute takes 31.1 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
For half of commuters, work is under 16 miles away. The typical journey to work for Liberty Township comes to 31 minutes, above both Indiana’s towns (24 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Also worth knowing: most people who work leave Liberty Township to do it: just 8% work in town. Jobs in Liberty Township grew by 2,182 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 3,422.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Older than Indiana overall
Among residents in Liberty Township, 20% are under 18. People 65 and older are nearly a quarter of residents (17% statewide). The age of the median resident for Liberty Township comes to 44.5 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. 26% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.5 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 26% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Liberty Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.6% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.5% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.3% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.5% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.3% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.9% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
On CDC estimates, Liberty Township is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 77% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Against the Indiana average, Liberty Township comes out ahead on 8 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. Liberty Township: 29% of adults feel lonely. Two figures for adults here: 22% get no exercise outside work, 16% report frequent mental distress.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.3% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Liberty Township is conserved land
Just 0 of its 31,464 acres are conserved, so there is little public open land in Liberty Township itself; its outdoors grade is D.
1.0 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hazelwood Community Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
| 2. Lambert Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Cartersburg Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Liberty Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Liberty Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Liberty Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Liberty Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,772.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 50 sq mi
- Elevation
- 860 ft
Liberty Township’s neighbors
8 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | #80 | A | B+ | — | A | B |
| Guilford Township | #152 | A− | C+ | — | A | B |
| Plainfield | #207 | B+ | C+ | C+ | A | B+ |
| Center Township | #40 | A | B | — | A | B+ |
| Monroe Township | #244 | B+ | A− | — | B− | C+ |
| Clay Township | — | — | A− | — | A | B− |
| Franklin Township | — | — | A | — | A | B− |
| Avon | #222 | B+ | C | C+ | A | A− |
Clay Township and Franklin Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Guilford Township, Center Township, Monroe Township, Clay Township and Franklin Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Liberty Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Liberty Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Liberty Township, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Liberty Township grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #80 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and A for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Liberty Township, IN expensive?
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 B+.