Liberty TownshipOH
A town of 1,361, platted in 1815.
Is Liberty Township a good place to live?
Liberty Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for history; its weakest is a C− for health. Only 59 of Ohio’s 1,560 towns score lower on civic life. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,361 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Liberty Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
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Moving to Liberty Township: who provides what
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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Liberty Township.
Health in Liberty Township trails 84% of U.S. towns
Just over a fifth of adults say their health is fair or poor in Liberty Township, where Ohio’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 19%. Among adults here, 33% get no exercise outside work. Two figures for adults here: 19% smoke cigarettes, 15% have diabetes.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 28% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 13% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 38% | 35% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 10.7% | 8% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 7.1% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 32.7% | 26.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.2 jobs per working resident, most people in Liberty Township work out of town
Just 2% of Liberty Township’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs based in Liberty Township grew to 123 in 2023, 45 more than in 2013. Half of commuters travel less than 18 miles. The top destinations are Bucyrus (18%), Galion (9%) and Columbus (8%).
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.9% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More children than Ohio overall
Liberty Township: 37% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Children under 18 are 34% of residents (22% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide). The median age for Liberty Township comes to 35.1 years, below both Ohio’s towns (41.7 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years).
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.1 years | 41.7 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 24% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±6.1 points. Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Liberty Township | OH | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 19.7% | 11.7% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.3% | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 2% | 8.9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 13.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.8% | 12.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.3% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.2% | 13.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 10.9% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.2% | 7.3% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.3% | 8.2% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.7% | 32.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 8.9% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.9% | 9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 12.5% | 19.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 24.7% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
The climate in Liberty Township brings four seasons and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 83°; in January, nights fall to 18°, and about 23 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Moderate risk in Liberty Township, with inland flooding at the top
One claim on flood insurance has been paid out in Liberty Township since 2011. On expected storm and flood damage, Liberty Township sits below 53% of U.S. communities. 63% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 10%.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Liberty Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Liberty Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
98% of working residents leave Liberty Township for work
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Liberty Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Liberty Township, OH expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.