Liberty TownshipIN
A town of 2,304.
Is Liberty Township a good place to live?
The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
93% 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.
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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 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Liberty Township’s workers commute out
The top destinations are Kokomo (30%), Indianapolis (12%) and Tipton (5%). For most workers, Liberty Township is a place to come home to: only 7% work in town. Also worth knowing: since 2013, Liberty Township has added 152 jobs, to 508 in 2023. The town’s median household income is $94,000, against $71,000 in Indiana’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $94,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 6.7% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Liberty Township beat 53% of Indiana districts
The public schools here belong to the Tri-Central Community Schools. The largest public high school is Tri Central Middle-High School, with 389 students. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tri Central ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 397 | C+ |
| Tri Central Middle-High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 389 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within IN on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of Indiana and the rest of the country, more of Liberty Township’s residents are 65 or older
Liberty Township’s age of the median resident is 49.5 years, where Indiana’s towns sit at 39.4 years and U.S. towns at 40.5 years. The share of residents in Liberty Township who are under 18: 20%. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 29% of adults 25 and older, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 30% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 49.5 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.7 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Liberty Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.5% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.9% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.6% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.2% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.1% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 23% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.5% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.9% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.4% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
The climate in Liberty Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 18° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Liberty Township are healthier than 63% of U.S. towns
Liberty Township: 16% of adults report frequent mental distress. 34% of Liberty Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 37% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 25% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.8% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.2% | 14.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.9% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Liberty Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Liberty Township, 47% come from inland flooding and 22% from tornadoes. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out here.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Liberty Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty Township
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 six townships in Tipton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,332 (down from 2,471 at 2010) and it contained 975 housing units.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 873 ft
Liberty Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | B |
| Cicero Township | #111 | A− | A+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Wildcat Township | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C |
| Taylor Township | #485 | C | B+ | — | C− | C |
| Prairie Township | — | — | A | — | B− | B |
Liberty Township, Wildcat Township and Prairie Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Cicero Township, Wildcat Township, Taylor Township and Prairie 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 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+.