Liberty Township has 5.5 jobs for every working resident: 2,769 people commute in to work
Jobs and income earn Liberty Township C+; getting around on foot earns it B−. Liberty Township has 2,803 jobs, and 508 of its residents work somewhere. 35% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Ohio as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Liberty Township apart
Liberty Township fills up on a workday
Liberty Township has 2,803 jobs, 5.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, 3 times the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
91% of the jobs in Liberty Township are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
A lot of Liberty Township works from home
35% of Liberty Township workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. 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; with 508 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Liberty Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Liberty Township is better than 40% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Liberty Township’s grade up (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,202, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Liberty Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Liberty Township could be anywhere from C− to A−.
A workday in Liberty Township: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 474 residents head out to work and 34 work right here.
About 3,400 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 213% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
76% of the jobs in Liberty Township pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,049 → 2,803. 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.
Getting to work from Liberty Township takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Liberty Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 175 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the people who work in Liberty Township live
Where Liberty Township clocks in
16% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
How far Liberty Township goes to work
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Most of Liberty Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Liberty Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 270 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.4% of Liberty Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 9% of Liberty Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Liberty Township is 1,689th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Sharon Center OH | 1,129 | $111K | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Boston Heights OH | 1,408 | $121K | 4.1% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,687 | Sand Prairie Township IL | 1,248 | $68K | 11.2% | 0.3% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,688 | Big Island Township OH | 1,179 | $44K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,689 | Liberty Township OH | 1,078 | $61K | 10.3% | 1.1% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,690 | Black River NY | 1,208 | $87K | 11.8% | 19.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,691 | Millbrook NY | 1,442 | $74K | 12.6% | 2.7% | 12% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Ohio.
How Liberty Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | C+ | B− | 28 min | $61,202 |
| Union Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $118,750 |
| Caesarscreek Township | under 3% | A | D | 27 min | $113,100 |
| Chester Township | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $112,768 |
| Jefferson Township | under 3% | B− | C+ | 33 min | $83,241 |
| Wilson Township | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilson Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$61,202 (±$37,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
10.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (16%, 8 mi), Columbus (5%, 54 mi), Lebanon (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Liberty Township walkable?
Liberty Township is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Liberty Township without a car?
9% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.