Photo: ElectricSpeech at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Liberty Township (1.0%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 88% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Liberty Township is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+). Only 1% work in Liberty Township itself; outside it, Blairstown Township draws the most (4%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Liberty Township
Liberty Township is a place people come home to
There are 198 jobs based in Liberty Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Liberty Township has about 1,700 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Liberty Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Liberty Township fell from 311 in 2013 to 198 in 2023, −36%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Liberty Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 31 across New Jersey. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Liberty Township’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Liberty Township’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Liberty Township could be anywhere from B to A+.
Who leaves Liberty Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,158 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.17 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
66% of the jobs in Liberty Township pay over $3,333 a month
198 jobs are based in Liberty Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 198. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Liberty Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Liberty Township spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Liberty Township workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,395 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Liberty Township goes to work
Where Liberty Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Miles to work from Liberty Township
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Liberty Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 13.2% across New Jersey, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,610 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.6% of Liberty Township households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Liberty Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Liberty Township is 768th among 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 27 | Haworth NJ | 3,422 | $237K | 3.7% | 2.5% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Spring Lake NJ | 2,769 | $216K | 1.0% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Woodbury Heights NJ | 3,162 | $123K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 766 | Virgil Township IL | 1,924 | $114K | 9.7% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| 767 | Lakewood Township MN | 2,345 | $111K | 5.3% | 3.0% | 2% | A− |
| 768 | Liberty Township NJ | 2,701 | $120K | 9.9% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 769 | Harmony Township OH | 2,658 | $118K | 8.3% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 770 | Windsor Township PA | 2,585 | $99K | 7.3% | 2.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Liberty Township, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
Around Liberty Township: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Independence Township (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | A− | C+ | 37 min | $120,494 |
| Independence Township | 2% | A | B+ | 37 min | $92,243 |
| Hope Township | under 2% | B+ | B+ | 35 min | $105,625 |
| Mansfield Township | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 31 min | $88,845 |
| White Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 33 min | $75,726 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Liberty Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Liberty Township: questions
What is the median household income in Liberty Township?
$120,494 (±$16,196) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
9.9%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty Township?
37 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blairstown Township (4%, 8 mi), Mount Olive Township (3%, 10 mi), Knowlton Township (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Liberty Township walkable?
Liberty Township is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Liberty Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Liberty Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Liberty Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.