Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,115. 40% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades is an A− for civic life; the weakest is a D for walkability. Liberty Township’s average trip to work is 53 minutes, where Ohio’s towns sit at 24 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Only 135 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on the outdoors. Liberty Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Kirker Covered Bridge and Gov. Thomas Kirker Homestead. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Liberty Township beats most towns.
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1890 and 2 maps from 1918 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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 Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Liberty Township.
20% of Liberty Township adults smoke cigarettes, above both Ohio’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (14%). 34% of adults get no exercise outside work in Liberty Township. Liberty Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 28% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 11.1% | 8% |
| More smokers | 20.4% | 15.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.9% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Adams County Ohio Valley Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is West Union High School, with 435 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Union Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 656 | B− |
| West Union High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 435 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Liberty Township for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Liberty Township has added 159 jobs, to 350 in 2023. 6.2% of Liberty Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 6.2% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.2% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $70,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Liberty Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 20 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 2008, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Liberty Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.
19 mi MountainSerpent Mound
37 mi National Historical ParkHopewell Culture National Historical Park52K visitors a year
12 mi MuseumJohn Rankin House
33 mi MuseumBlue Licks Battlefield State Park
12 mi MuseumJohn P. Parker House
36 mi MuseumTri-State Warbird MuseumSerpent Mound: The British Library, No restrictions · Hopewell Culture National Historical Park: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Rankin House: Rdikeman at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Blue Licks Battlefield State Park: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain · John P. Parker House: Nyttend, Public domain · Tri-State Warbird Museum: Aesopposea, CC BY-SA 3.0
None within 15 miles of Liberty Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
2 places in Liberty Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Ohio, US
Liberty Township is one of the fifteen townships of Adams County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,065 at the 2020 census.
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4 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | D |
| Tiffin Township | #975 | D | C+ | — | B− | D |
| Sprigg Township | — | — | B− | — | C+ | D− |
| Wayne Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | C− |
| Bentonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Liberty Township, Sprigg Township and Wayne Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Tiffin Township, Sprigg Township and Wayne Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Bentonville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Liberty Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
40% more nonprofits per person than the typical Ohio town.
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 B+.
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