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C+Health Grade
Health in Liberty Township · CDC PLACES 2025

Among U.S. towns with similar household incomes, Liberty Township is healthier than 19%

Liberty Township beats Ohio on 1 of 32 measures CDC estimates, and trails on none.

Modeled estimates for adults 18+, from ZIP code 45840. How CDC estimates town health

What stands out

What stands out about health in Liberty Township

Health Grade

What’s behind Liberty Township’s grade

On seven CDC estimates for adults, Liberty Township is healthier than 44% of U.S. towns, #426 of 993 in Ohio. Physical distress holds the grade up (fewer adults with frequent physical distress than 61% of U.S. towns); obesity pulls it down (better than 25%).

BSelf-rated health18.6% · OH 19.4% · U.S. 19.4%
BPhysical distress13.5% · OH 13.9% · U.S. 13%
C+Mental distress17.7% · OH 17.5% · U.S. 15.9%
C−Obesity39.5% · OH 37.1% · U.S. 32.9%
C+Diabetes12.7% · OH 13.2% · U.S. 12%
B−Smoking14.7% smoke · OH 15.4% · U.S. 11.8%
C+Exercise27.2% · OH 26.9% · U.S. 24.7%
All U.S. towns we grade (21,250)Healthier than 44%
Less healthyHealthier
Ohio towns we grade (993)Healthier than 57%
U.S. towns with similar incomes, $76K–$127K (8,402)Healthier than 19%

Health estimates follow income closely across the country: towns with higher household incomes usually score higher (a correlation of 0.77 across 21,157 graded towns). Liberty Township’s median household income is $101,250; among the 8,402 U.S. towns within 25% of that ($76K–$127K), it’s healthier than 19%, less than its income alone would suggest.

A fairly firm grade. With every estimate at the unfavorable or the favorable end of CDC’s likely range, Liberty Township could be anywhere from C− to B+. Shared figures. CDC doesn’t publish an estimate for Liberty Township itself, so these are ZIP code 45840’s, which Liberty Township shares with Marion Township. The two towns get the same figures and the same grade, and the ZIP’s 43,098 adults include people outside Liberty Township.

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Chronic conditions

Out of every 100 Liberty Township adults…

On every condition, Liberty Township is about the same as Ohio. Tap one to see it as people.

37 of every 100 Liberty Township adults have high blood pressure
Ohio: 37 in 100 · about the same · likely 33.1–40.2%
Better than OHWorseAbout the sameOhio
Getting care

Care in and near Liberty Township

No hospital or community health center in Liberty Township itself. These are the nearest.

HNearest ERBluffton HospitalBluffton · 13.6 miDirections →
+Low-cost careCommunity Health Services - FostoriaFostoria · 18 mi · sliding-scale feesDirections →
3.9 mi
Blanchard Valley Hospital
Findlay · ★★★★★
13.6 mi
Bluffton Hospital
Bluffton · not rated
ERRural critical access
18 mi
Fostoria Community Hospital
Fostoria · ★★★★★
Rural critical access
18 mi
Community Health Services - Fostoria
Fostoria · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
22.9 mi
Wood County Community Health Center
Bowling Green · community health center
Sliding-scale fees
23.7 mi
Wood County Hospital
Bowling Green · ★★★★★
ER
! Primary carePart of Liberty Township is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Findlay · need score 12 of 25
! Dental carePart of Liberty Township is a federal shortage area for some residents.Low-income residents, Findlay · need score 15 of 25
✓ Mental healthLiberty Township is not a shortage area

Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Community health centers charge on a sliding scale by income. Distances are straight-line from the center of Liberty Township; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).

Habits

Everyday habits, side by side with Ohio

Share of adults, with the Ohio figure marked.

Get no exercise 27.2%OH 26.9%
Sleep under 7 hours 38.3%OH 37.9%
Binge drink 16.6%OH 16.6%
Smoke cigarettes 14.7%OH 15.4%
0%10%20%30%40%
Liberty Township, betterLiberty Township, worseAbout the sameOhio
Checkups & screenings

Keeping up with care

Share of Liberty Township adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks Ohio.

79%Yearly checkupOH 80%
62%Dentist visitOH 63%
86%Cholesterol checkOH 86%
65%Colon screeningOH 65%
76%MammogramOH 76%
80%Taking BP medsOH 79%
1 in 13
working-age adults has no health insurance
Liberty Township 7.7% · Ohio 1 in 13 (8%)
Mind & connection

How Liberty Township adults are doing

About the same as Ohio on each measure.

1 in 3Liberty Township adults feel lonely
34.3% · OH 35% · About the same as OH
1 in 5Liberty Township adults lack social or emotional support
19.8% · OH 21.3% · About the same as OH
1 in 4Liberty Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
25.4% · OH 25.4% · About the same as OH
1 in 6Liberty Township adults are in frequent mental distress
17.7% · OH 17.5% · About the same as OH
The one neighbors can help with

1 in 3 Liberty Township adults feel lonely. A hello is a start.

Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.

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If you or someone you know is struggling, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. It’s free, confidential and open 24/7.

Everyday needs

Making ends meet

Needs that shape health as much as any doctor visit: food, housing, utilities and a way to get around.

1 in 8
Liberty Township adults worry about having enough food
12.1% · OH 14.1%
About the same as OH
1 in 10
Liberty Township adults worry about keeping their housing
9.9% · OH 11.3%
About the same as OH
1 in 14
Liberty Township adults were threatened with a utility shut-off
7.2% · OH 8.3%
Better than OH
1 in 14
Liberty Township adults lack reliable transportation
7% · OH 7.7%
About the same as OH

10% of Liberty Township adults receive SNAP (food stamps), compared with 11.7% across Ohio.

Around town

Liberty Township and the towns around it

Liberty Township’s Health Grade ranks 3rd of 4 graded towns around it.

Findlay: 39.5%Eagle Township: 39.6%Blanchard Township: 39.3%Allen Township: 39.3%Marion Township: 39.5%Union Township: 39%Jackson Township: 39.1%Arlington: 38%Blanchard Township: 44%Pleasant Township: 39%Cass Township: 39.8%Portage Township: 39.1%Henry Township: 40.9%Liberty Township: 39.5%Liberty TownshipFindlayEagle TownshipBlanchard TownshipAllen TownshipBlanchard Valley Hospital · Findlay · 3.9 mi · 3★ MedicareHBluffton Hospital · Bluffton · 13.6 miH
Healthier than OHNear OHLess healthyHHospital+Health center
Obesity
#8 of 14 towns on this map, healthiest first
Blanchard Township39.3%
Allen Township39.3%
Liberty Township39.5%
Findlay39.5%
Eagle Township39.6%
OH37.1%

Nearby towns are shaded from CDC’s estimates for their ZIP codes, or CDC’s own figure for cities and villages.

Health next door

TownHealthObesityDiabetesSmokingFigures from
Liberty TownshipC+39.5%12.7%14.7%ZIP 45840
FindlayC+39.5%12.7%14.8%CDC place
Eagle TownshipB−39.6%12.5%14.9%ZIP codes
Blanchard Township————
Allen TownshipB−39.3%11.9%14.7%ZIP codes

Blanchard Township: not graded. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.

Disability

Living with a disability

Shown without a better/worse judgment.

28.7%

of Liberty Township adults live with a disability (Ohio 29.5%). Thinking or memory is the most common.

Walking or climbing stairs13.3%
Thinking or memory13.6%
Hearing7%
Errands alone7.9%
Vision4.5%
Dressing or bathing3.5%
Ohio

Every CDC estimate for Liberty Township

Share of adults, 40 measures, with CDC’s likely range.

On the 32 measures below that have a better and a worse direction, Liberty Township is better than Ohio on 1 and worse on 0; on the rest, the Ohio figure falls inside Liberty Township’s likely range, so we call them about the same. Disability and SNAP are described, not compared as better or worse.

Adults who…Liberty TownshipOHU.S.vs OH
Overall health
Fair or poor health18.6%16.4–20.819.4%19.4%About the same
Frequent physical distress (physical health not good 14+ days a month)13.5%12.1–15.213.9%13%About the same
Frequent mental distress (mental health not good 14+ days a month)17.7%15.8–19.717.5%15.9%About the same
Conditions
Obesity39.5%33.8–45.837.1%32.9%About the same
Diabetes12.7%11.2–14.413.2%12%About the same
High blood pressure36.5%33.1–40.237.2%34.4%About the same
High cholesterol (adults screened in 5 years)36.4%32.8–40.236.7%37.1%About the same
Arthritis29%26.2–3229.8%25.3%About the same
Asthma10.8%9.6–12.111.1%9.9%About the same
Cancer, other than skin cancer9.1%8.3–108.7%7.9%About the same
Coronary heart disease7%6.4–7.77.1%6.4%About the same
COPD7.7%6.9–8.68%6.3%About the same
Stroke3.4%3.2–3.73.7%3.4%About the same
Lost all teeth (ages 65+)13.9%11.5–16.415.3%12.3%About the same
Habits
Smoke cigarettes14.7%12.9–16.715.4%11.8%About the same
No exercise outside work27.2%23.6–31.126.9%24.7%About the same
Binge drinking16.6%13.9–19.616.6%15.4%About the same
Sleep under 7 hours38.3%33.5–43.137.9%36%About the same
Checkups and coverage
No health insurance (ages 18–64)7.7%6.5–8.98%11%About the same
Checkup in the past year79.3%76.2–82.479.9%77.4%About the same
Dentist visit in the past year61.7%58.4–64.862.9%63.2%About the same
Cholesterol check in 5 years85.6%84–87.286.1%87.1%About the same
Taking blood pressure medicine (adults with high blood pressure)80%77.6–82.379.2%76.5%About the same
Colorectal cancer screening (ages 45–75)65.3%61.1–69.365.2%65.5%About the same
Mammogram in 2 years (women 50–74)75.9%69.3–81.576%76.4%About the same
Mind and connection
Ever told they have depression25.4%22.2–2925.4%20.6%About the same
Feel lonely34.3%29.4–39.235%32.5%About the same
Lack social and emotional support19.8%16.8–2321.3%23.6%About the same
Everyday needs
Worried about having enough food12.1%10.4–14.114.1%15%About the same
Worried about keeping housing9.9%8.5–11.411.3%12%About the same
Threatened with a utility shut-off7.2%6.2–8.28.3%7.6%Better
Lack reliable transportation7%6.2–87.7%7.9%About the same
Received SNAP (food stamps)10%8.6–11.711.7%11.6%About the same
Disability
Any disability28.7%25.3–32.329.5%30.1%About the same
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs13.3%11.7–14.913.9%13.6%About the same
Difficulty concentrating or remembering13.6%12.2–15.313.9%13.9%About the same
Hearing difficulty7%6.2–7.86.8%6.7%About the same
Vision difficulty4.5%4.1–4.94.8%5.4%About the same
Difficulty doing errands alone7.9%7.1–8.88.1%7.9%About the same
Difficulty dressing or bathing3.5%3.2–3.83.8%3.8%About the same

Each figure is the share of adults 18+ unless the label says otherwise; small numbers after it are CDC’s likely range (95% interval). “About the same” means the Ohio figure falls inside that range.

Questions about health in Liberty Township

Is Liberty Township a healthy place to live?

On seven CDC estimates for adults, Liberty Township is healthier than 44% of U.S. towns: C+ for health, #426 of 993 in Ohio. These are modeled estimates of who lives there, not a measure of local care or habits alone.

What is the obesity rate in Liberty Township?

CDC estimates 39.5% of adults (the figure for ZIP code 45840, which Liberty Township shares with Marion Township) have obesity, likely between 33.8% and 45.8%, against 37.1% across Ohio and 32.9% nationally.

What hospital is closest to Liberty Township?

Bluffton Hospital in Bluffton, 13.6 miles in a straight line from Liberty Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room; it has no Medicare star rating.

How many people in Liberty Township have no health insurance?

CDC estimates 7.7% of adults ages 18–64 have no health insurance (likely 6.5–8.9%), against 8% across Ohio.

How accurate are these numbers?

They’re modeled estimates: CDC applies national survey answers to each area’s age, sex, race and education mix, so they describe who lives in Liberty Township more than anything measured there. At the ends of CDC’s ranges the grade could be anywhere from C− to B+. The figures are ZIP code 45840’s, shared with Marion Township.

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Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The Ohio figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. The Health Grade is our own summary of CDC’s estimates, not an official rating. Ages: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau. This page isn’t medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.