Photo: Nyttend · Public domainLiberty Township has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Liberty Township are C for jobs and income and C for walkability. 396 jobs are based in Liberty Township for 952 working residents. Only 3% work in Liberty Township; the top destination outside it is Tiffin (11%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Liberty Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Liberty Township is better than 30% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Liberty Township’s grade.
Unemployment (5.6%) 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 C− to B−.
Who commutes out of Liberty Township, and who commutes in
On a workday 923 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Where the trip to work from Liberty Township ends
Where Liberty Township clocks in
11% of workers
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 31% of the jobs in Liberty Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2014 → 2024: 511 → 396. 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.
About 23 minutes each way, about the OH average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 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 678 commuters (the 17% 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 commute from Liberty Township, by distance
About 18% 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.
In Liberty Township, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Liberty Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Liberty Township near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 813 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). 1.8% 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.
Ranked on jobs and income, Liberty Township is 3,389th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,387 | Rich Township MI | 1,502 | $66K | 6.5% | 4.5% | 1% | C |
| 3,388 | Bloom Township OH | 2,620 | $58K | 13.9% | 2.4% | 5% | C |
| 3,389 | Liberty Township OH | 1,994 | $64K | 12.3% | 5.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,390 | Wilsonville AL | 2,015 | $72K | 16.4% | 17.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,391 | Stuart IA | 1,882 | $65K | 14.0% | 4.7% | 8% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | 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.
Next door to Liberty Township
The biggest share goes to Hopewell Township (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | C | C | 23 min | $64,093 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | B+ | C | 27 min | $92,805 |
| Pleasant Township | under 2% | B | C | 28 min | $77,396 |
| Hopewell Township | 1% | B | B− | 16 min | $61,434 |
| Jackson Township | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson Township: 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?
$64,093 (±$4,410) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
12.3%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tiffin (11%, 7 mi), Fostoria (11%, 9 mi), Fremont (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Liberty Township walkable?
Liberty Township is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 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 2% 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.