Liberty TownshipHoward County, IN
A town of 4,742.
Is Liberty Township a good place to live?
Liberty Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $209K, 3.3 years of the Kokomo metro’s $64K median household income. It grades A− overall, 133rd among Indiana's 585 graded towns. 35% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Liberty Township, above both Indiana’s towns (22%) and U.S. towns (29%).
88% of working residents leave Liberty Township for work
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
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 →
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.
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Liberty Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Liberty Township for work: only 12% work in town. Jobs based in Liberty Township grew to 733 in 2023, 85 more than in 2013. The average trip to work in Liberty Township is 22 minutes.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $85,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On state tests, Liberty Township’s schools beat 69% of Indiana districts
Its public schools are run by Eastern Howard School Corporation. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Eastern High School, with 497 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 727 | B |
| Eastern High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 497 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Liberty Township has four seasons and pleasant summers
Liberty Township has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Older than Indiana overall
People 65 and older are 21% of residents (17% statewide). 20% of Liberty Township residents are under 18. 35% 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 | 21% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Median age | 42.8 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Liberty Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.9% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 11.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.9% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.8% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.2% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,700, single groups can be off by several points
On CDC estimates, Liberty Township is less healthy than 57% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 63% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Liberty Township beats the Indiana average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 30% of adults feel lonely in Liberty Township.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 13% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.4% | 15.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.2% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Liberty Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Wabash and Erie Canal and 12 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi MuseumConner Prairie
34 mi TheatreRuoff Music Center14 mi MuseumGrissom Air Museum
31 mi MuseumIndiana Transportation Museum
18 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of FamePhoto credits
Conner Prairie: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Ruoff Music Center: TownePost Network, CC BY 2.0 · Indiana Transportation Museum: Jeremy C. Schultz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Liberty Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty Township
About 7 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
About Liberty Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Liberty Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,737, down from 4,862 in 2010. Liberty Township hosts the Howard County fair each year in July in Greentown, which is the second biggest town in Howard County, and third biggest in the Kokomo Metropolitan Area after only Kokomo, and Tipton.
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- Area
- 32 sq mi
- Elevation
- 853 ft
Liberty Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | #133 | A− | A− | — | B+ | C+ |
| Union Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Taylor Township | #485 | C | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Jackson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Howard Township | — | — | A− | — | A− | C− |
| Harrison Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Union Township and Howard Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Union Township, Taylor Township and Howard Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Jackson Township and Harrison Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). 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 81% of U.S. towns and #133 of 585 in Indiana. It grades C+ for health and B+ for schools.
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 A−.