Liberty TownshipIN
Population 2,248: a town in Indiana.
Is Liberty Township a good place to live?
The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and an A+ for history; the weakest is a D for walkability. Liberty Township’s median age is 46.5 years, above both the Indiana town median (39.4 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only 55 of Indiana’s 1,098 towns score higher on history. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% 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.
On CDC estimates, Liberty Township is less healthy than 82% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Liberty Township who get no exercise outside work: 29%. Against the Indiana average, Liberty Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 11. 15% of adults locally have diabetes; 16% report frequent physical distress.
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 39% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 15% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81% | 77.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 23% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Liberty Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
Liberty Township’s average trip to work is 21 minutes. Most working residents leave Liberty Township for work: only 2% work in town. Among residents locally, 15% live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Wabash (25%), Marion (10%) and Noble Township (8%).
| Liberty Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $65,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Liberty Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 19°, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer adults under 35 in Liberty Township than across Indiana
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (23% statewide); people 65 and older are 22% of residents (17% statewide). Just over a fifth 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 | 22% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 22% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Liberty Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.7% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.1% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.3% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.7% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.2% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.9% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.7% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 38.6% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 15.6% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.5% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Liberty Township: inland flooding
Expected losses in Liberty Township break down as 48% from inland flooding and 19% from tornadoes. Its FEMA risk score stands at 44 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Grissom Air Museum and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.
17 mi MuseumInternational Circus Hall of Fame
15 mi MuseumForks of the Wabash
17 mi MuseumUnited States Vice Presidential Museum
38 mi GardenMinnetrista
28 mi MuseumElwood Haynes MuseumPhoto credits
International Circus Hall of Fame: Nyttend, Public domain · Forks of the Wabash: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · United States Vice Presidential Museum: Pilcrow, Public domain · Minnetrista: XWHJ2004, CC BY 2.0 · Elwood Haynes Museum: Nyttend, Public domain
Everything we know about Liberty Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty Township
About 5 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 seven townships in Wabash County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,191 (down from 2,365 at 2010) and it contained 979 housing units.
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- Area
- 47 sq mi
- Elevation
- 869 ft
Liberty Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Pleasant Township | #538 | C− | C+ | — | A− | D |
| Lagro Township | #483 | C | A− | — | C+ | C+ |
| Wayne Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Waltz Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | C− |
| Polk Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Liberty Township and Waltz Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Pleasant Township, Lagro Township and Waltz Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wayne Township and Polk 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 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.