Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiberty Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Liberty Township itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (27%, 5 miles). 78 jobs are based in Liberty Township for 609 working residents. Liberty Township grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Liberty Township, in a few figures
Liberty Township is a place people come home to
There are 78 jobs based in Liberty Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Liberty Township has about 1,300 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Liberty Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Liberty Township works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Liberty Township: Jackson (27%) and Lick Township (5%). Next door ↓
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 609 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Liberty Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Liberty Township is better than 18% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Liberty Township’s grade up (13.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (7.7%) is left out: Liberty Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Liberty Township could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who commutes out of Liberty Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 600 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer 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.
Liberty Township’s commute takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 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 726 commuters (the 13% 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 trip to work from Liberty Township ends
Where Liberty Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Liberty Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 78. 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.
Miles to work from Liberty Township
About 23% 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.
The commute in Liberty Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Liberty Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 835 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). 1.2% of Liberty Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Liberty Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Liberty Township next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400: 3,916th of 5,343 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,914 | Ontonagon Township MI | 2,277 | $59K | 8.7% | 4.4% | 37% | C− |
| 3,915 | Greenway Township MN | 1,794 | $66K | 12.6% | 5.9% | 5% | C− |
| 3,916 | Liberty Township OH | 1,788 | $65K | 13.1% | 7.7% | 1% | C− |
| 3,917 | Decatur Township OH | 1,307 | $73K | 14.1% | 19.4% | <1% | C− |
| 3,918 | Colfax CA | 2,043 | $73K | 13.1% | 10.6% | 5% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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.
Bordering towns draw 32% of Liberty Township’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | C− | D | 41 min | $64,670 |
| Jackson | 27% | C | A− | 16 min | $53,538 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 40 min | $51,685 |
| Lick Township | 5% | C | C− | 23 min | $46,078 |
| Scioto Township | under 2% | C+ | D− | 31 min | $73,485 |
| Coal Township | under 2% | D− | C | 23 min | $55,647 |
| Beaver Township | under 2% | D | C− | 20 min | $50,911 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jackson. 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?
$64,670 (±$3,630) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
13.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty Township?
41 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (27%, 5 mi), Wellston (6%, 11 mi), Lick Township (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Liberty Township walkable?
Liberty Township is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Liberty Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.