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A town of 45,723. Public schools that outperform most of Ohio.
Liberty Township's standout: the median household earns $148K. Overall it grades B−, 628th among Ohio's 987 graded towns. Its public schools beat 80% of Ohio towns on state tests and graduation and natural-hazard risk is low. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $396K for a typical one and 4.9 times the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. Liberty Township’s typical household income is $148,000, above both the Ohio town median ($75,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). On civic life, just 114 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns do worse. Hughes School is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Where Liberty Township beats most towns.
37,259 counted in 2010 and 43,999 in 2020; an estimated 45,723 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,024 in 1900, 43,999 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 5 maps from 1904 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
22 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
31 mi MuseumNational Museum of the United States Air Force1.0M visitors a year
22 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
19 mi Stadium & arenaNippert Stadium
18 mi Zoo & aquariumCincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden1.2M visitors a yearKings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the United States Air Force: No machine-readable author provided. Rogerd assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5
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.
Liberty Township has household incomes well above the Ohio norm and has added half again as many jobs in ten years, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
Trails run 11 miles in 9 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Wilhelmina Park, 53 acres with 1.1 miles of trail. The trail density in Liberty Township is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 2.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wetlands Park East | 1.3 mi | 45 |
| 2. Wilhelmina Park | 1.1 mi | 53 |
| 3. William F. & Cora Dudley Woods Park | 0.1 mi | 67 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Of its 12 schools, three are listed below, each with the reason. Its public schools are run by the Lakota Local school district. The 6 public schools in Liberty Township teach 3,927 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherokee Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 791 | A− |
| Lakota East High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,660 | A− |
| Independence Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 608 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 4,752 in 2013 to 9,147.
Half commute less than 10 miles. 21% of Liberty Township workers work remotely from home. Just 6% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Liberty Township grew to 9,147 in 2023, 4,395 more than in 2013.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 21% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 9.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 2,887 U.S. towns with household incomes like Liberty Township’s, it is less healthy than 99%, so it trails even them.
41% of adults have obesity in Liberty Township. CDC measures, 32 in all: Liberty Township beats Ohio on 1 and trails on 5. Two figures for adults in the town: 36% feel lonely, 18% binge drink.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 34% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 8.7% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 17.3% | 14.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly three quarters of U.S. communities. FEMA puts half of Liberty Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 23% to tornadoes. One claim on flood insurance has been paid out in the town since 2001.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 86°, January nights drop to 22° and about 14 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
7 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 Ohio.
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Ohio, US
Liberty Township is a suburb of Cincinnati located in Butler County, Ohio. It is one of thirteen townships in Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 43,999 at the 2020 census. It is located on the east-central part of the county, just south of the city of Monroe.
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6 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | #628 | B− | C− | — | A− | C |
| Lemon Township | #362 | B+ | C+ | — | A− | C+ |
| West Chester Township | #415 | B+ | C− | B− | A− | A− |
| Madison Township | #780 | C | B− | — | B | C− |
| Fairfield Township | #718 | C+ | C+ | — | B− | C |
| Monroe | #332 | B+ | C | B− | A− | B+ |
| Woodsdale | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Liberty Township, Lemon Township, Madison Township and Fairfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Woodsdale 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.
Liberty Township grades B− overall, better than 48% of U.S. towns and #628 of 987 in Ohio. It grades C for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
Liberty Township has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 2 notable people were born here, including Daniel Wolsey Voorhees and Samantha Leshnak Murphy.
