Photo: Nyttend · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Liberty Township works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Liberty Township D; getting around on foot earns it D. Employers in Liberty Township report 274 jobs, and 960 of its residents work somewhere. 2% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Liberty Township in brief
Liberty Township and Chillicothe trade workers both ways
Chillicothe is the top workplace for Liberty Township residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Liberty Township come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Liberty Township is a place people come home to
There are 274 jobs based in Liberty Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Liberty Township has about 1,900 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Liberty Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 23 across Ohio. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 960 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Liberty Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Liberty Township is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #958 of 992 in Ohio. Household income holds Liberty Township’s grade up ($64,135, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (29.5%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.1%) 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.
23% of working residents work in Chillicothe
Where Liberty Township clocks in
23% of workers
14% of workers
7% 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.
Liberty Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 932 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Liberty Township’s commute takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 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 867 commuters (the 2% 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.
The kinds of work in Liberty Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2014 → 2024: 223 → 274. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Liberty Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Liberty Township
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Liberty Township start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Liberty Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #844 of 993 in Ohio. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.7% across Ohio, on an EPA index of 3.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 889 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). 5.0% of Liberty Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Liberty Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500, Liberty Township comes 4,448th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,446 | Port Allegany PA | 2,031 | $66K | 19.9% | 7.6% | 20% | D |
| 4,447 | Halls TN | 2,035 | $44K | 16.6% | 4.3% | 12% | D |
| 4,448 | Liberty Township OH | 2,581 | $64K | 29.5% | 5.1% | 3% | D |
| 4,449 | Cherokee NC | 2,059 | $56K | 21.3% | 1.6% | 29% | D |
| 4,450 | Blacksburg SC | 1,965 | $32K | 31.4% | 10.5% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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.
Liberty Township and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Scioto Township (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | D | D | 31 min | $64,135 |
| Scioto Township | 3% | C− | B | 22 min | $54,652 |
| Franklin Township | under 2% | D | D− | 25 min | $41,319 |
| Jefferson Township | under 2% | C | D− | 23 min | $63,969 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | C | D− | 42 min | $52,222 |
| Springfield Township | under 2% | B | D− | 17 min | $58,309 |
| Harrison Township | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Eagle Township | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrison Township and Eagle 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 2024, 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?
$64,135 (±$19,700) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
29.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty Township?
31 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chillicothe (23%, 9 mi), Green Township (14%, 12 mi), Columbus (7%, 50 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Liberty Township walkable?
Liberty Township is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Liberty Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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), 2024, 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.