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A town of 2,581.
Liberty Township gives you more for your money than most places: homes are within reach, about $159K for a typical one, or 2.6 years of the Chillicothe area’s $61K median household income. It grades C overall, 847th of 987 graded towns in Ohio. The low prices come with trade-offs. The median household income is $64K, and 30% of residents live below the poverty line, and residents are less healthy than 89% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. 30% of residents live below the poverty line in Liberty Township, against 9.1% in Ohio’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Only 145 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns score lower on hazard risk. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 86% of U.S. towns.
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 2007 and 3 maps from 1906 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →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 carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Ohio (mostly inland flooding), but it has poverty well above the Ohio rate and has commutes longer than most of Ohio.
16 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Hopewell Culture National Historical Park, at 191 acres.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.6% | 3.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hopewell Culture National Historical Park | — | 191 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Southeastern Local school district. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–4 | Grades PK–4 | 381 | B+ |
| Southeastern High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 251 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within OH on state tests and graduation
20% of adults smoke cigarettes in Liberty Township. Liberty Township beats the Ohio average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 43% of adults have obesity in Liberty Township.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 38% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 26% | 23% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | OH |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 20.1% | 15.4% |
| More adults with COPD | 10.1% | 8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.6% | 15.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 950 working residents takes 30.8 minutes, against 23.4 across Ohio.
Most working residents leave Liberty Township for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Liberty Township is 31 minutes. Since 2013, Liberty Township has added 123 jobs, to 351 in 2023.
| Liberty Township | Ohio towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $75,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 6.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Ohio towns; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Liberty Township’s FEMA risk score is 73 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Liberty Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 23° and about 12 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
1 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty Township
About 1 of every 100 Liberty Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Ohio.
Township in Ohio, US
Liberty Township is one of the sixteen townships of Ross County, Ohio, United States. The 2020 census found 2,623 people in the township.
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7 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | OH rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | #847 | C | A− | — | B+ | D |
| Scioto Township | #899 | C− | B− | — | C+ | D |
| Franklin Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | D |
| Jefferson Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | D |
| Harrison Township · Harrison Township | — | — | A | — | B+ | D |
| Springfield Township | #927 | C− | C+ | — | B | D |
| Eagle Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Franklin Township, Jefferson Township and Harrison Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Scioto Township, Franklin Township, Jefferson Township, Harrison Township and Springfield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Eagle Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Harrison Township and Harrison Township are one community, graded once. Compare Liberty Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Liberty Township grades C overall, better than 26% of U.S. towns and #847 of 987 in Ohio. It grades D for health and B+ for schools. Jobs & income is its weak spot, with a D.