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Liberty TownshipIN

A town of 1,106.

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Photo: Nyttend · Public domain
Photo of Liberty Township

Liberty Township, IN · Photo: Nyttend · Public domain · Source ↗

Population
1,106
2025 Census estimate · +3.4% since 2020
Median home value
$125K
Census ACS
Household income
$56K
median
Median age
43.2
years
Jobs based here
56
A commuter town

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 schools; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On civic life, just 18 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns do worse. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

StrongestA+Cost of livingA−SchoolsWeakestD−WalkabilityC−Health
Small town

1,106 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Poneto · 4 miChester Township · 6 miBluffton · 6 miRockcreek Township · 7 miSalamonie Township · 7 miHarrison Township · 7 mi
Harrison TownshipRockcreek TownshipChester TownshipSalamonie TownshipHarrison TownshipRockcreek TownshipChester TownshipSalamonie TownshipLiberty Township

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 grading works

Cost of livingTypical home $125K, 1.8 years of the Fort Wayne metro’s $71K median household incomeA+Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 2.5 of 20; 3.4% of households have no car; 0.5% of workers walk, bike or ride transitD−Open →SchoolsBeat 80% of Indiana districts on tests and graduationA−Open →HealthBluffton Regional Medical Center 6.2 miles awayC−Open →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 41% of U.S. communities; inland flooding tops the listBOpen →Jobs & incomeB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
OutdoorsConserved land, trails and parksD−Open →HistoryBOpen →Civic life1.1 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsDOpen →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 43.2; 4% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Liberty Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Liberty Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerIndiana Michigan Power17.2¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet5 providers98% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Liberty Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsSouthern Wells Community SchoolsWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Indiana you can register online until 29 days before Election Day, in person until 29 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 29 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereWells County Circuit Court ClerkWells County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2017
ZIP codes46766, 46714, 46781, 4677046766 52% · 46714 28% · 46781 14% · 46770 4%Census 2020

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.

HealthC−

Health in Liberty Township trails 75% of U.S. towns

Liberty Township: just over a fifth of adults say their health is fair or poor, close to Indiana’s towns (21%) and above U.S. towns (19%). 43% of Liberty Township adults have obesity. In Liberty Township, 18% of adults smoke cigarettes, and 40% have high blood pressure.

25%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
Liberty TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Obesity (CDC PLACES)43%39%35%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)18%17%14%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)40%39%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)13%13%12%
32 measures vs. Indiana
0 better31 too close to call1 worse
What stands outLiberty TownshipIN
More adults with arthritis32.2%28.3%
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
6.2 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
Full pageLiberty Township’s health reportOpen the page
Everyday habitsMore smokersHospitals & doctors nearby6.2 miles to an ER · Bluffton Regional Medical CenterHow adults are doingMore adults in frequent physical distressEvery CDC estimateBetter than IN on 0 of 32

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B−

A smaller share of residents in Liberty Township live below the poverty line than in the typical Indiana or U.S. town

Commuting out is the norm in Liberty Township: 1% of working residents work locally. The town’s middle household income stands at $56,000. Jobs based here fell to 56 in 2023, 120 fewer than in 2013. Its typical journey to work is 27 minutes, above both the Indiana town median (24 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes).

1%work in town
Liberty TownshipIndiana townsU.S. towns
Below the poverty line2%10%9.6%
Working residents who work in town0.7%11%8%
Median household income$56,000$71,000$80,000
Average trip to work27 minutes24 minutes25 minutes

Where working residents work

In Liberty Township1%
Bluffton25%
Fort Wayne13%
Chester Township5%
Indianapolis4%
17 mi
median commute distance
56
jobs based in Liberty Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns
Full pageLiberty Township’s work & commute pageOpen the page
The jobs here56 jobs based here · A commuter townWhere people work1% work in Liberty TownshipCommute times27 minutes · The average commuteHow far they goHalf commute less than 17 miles

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Liberty Township: four seasons and pleasant summers

The range runs from 19° on a January night to 84° on a July afternoon, with about 23 inches of snow a winter.

23″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter21–36°
Spring40–61°
Summer61–82°
Fall43–64°
Oct 20
typical first frost
Apr 24
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
Full pageLiberty Township’s climate pageOpen the page
A year of weatherJuly highs 84°, January lows 19°Rain & snow23″ of snow a winter · 41 inches of rain and snow a yearHeating & coolingMostly a heating billThen and now+1.2° vs. the 20th century · Warmer than the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B

The biggest natural risk in Liberty Township is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level

Of the losses FEMA expects in Liberty Township, 55% come from inland flooding and 21% from tornadoes. Compared with nearly three fifths of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower.

41risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
41Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesStrong wind
Full pageLiberty Township’s hazards pageOpen the page
What it facesModerate riskFlood claims0 paid flood claims · No paid flood claims on recordPast disasters13 disaster declarations · Declared for the countyGet ready0.3 events a year, on average · Ready for inland flooding

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Liberty Township

16pages on Liberty Township
The big questions
SchoolsA−Beat 80% of IN districtsHealthC−Better than IN on 0 of 32 CDC measuresCost of livingA+Work & commuteB−$56K median household income · 56 jobs hereNatural hazardsBFEMA risk higher than 41% of U.S. communities · inland flooding
Out and about
PlacesAttractions23 nearby · United States Vice Presidential Museum 17 miLibraryDWells County Public LibraryColleges
The story
Town Hall & politicsClimate84° summer highs · 23″ of snow
Day to day
NewsWeatherHandbookTown SquareNeighbors
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Liberty Township; the nearest are

Huntington UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Huntington17.9 mi$31,870 tuitionPurdue University Fort WayneUniversity or college · Public · Fort Wayne30.3 mi$9,532 in-state tuitionNorthwest State Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Archbold, OH72.9 mi$4,698 in-state tuition

About 1 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.

Prices by family income, graduation and earnings →

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Liberty Township for work

Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

25% → Bluffton Bluffton 25% 13% → Fort Wayne Fort Wayne 13% 5% → Chester Township Chester Township 5% 4% → Indianapolis Indianapolis 4% 4% → Marion Marion 4% 4% → Berne Berne 4% Liberty Township · 1% stay
56jobs based in Liberty Township
1%of working residents work in town
17 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Liberty Township

Township in Indiana, United States

Liberty Township is one of nine townships in Wells County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,086 and it contained 438 housing units.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
36 sq mi
Elevation
846 ft

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+.