Photo: Nyttend · Public domainA job hub: Liberty Township has 2.4 jobs per working resident, and 2,436 people come in to work
Only 2% stay in Liberty Township for work; outside it, Columbus is the main destination (20%, 36 miles). There are 2,453 jobs in Liberty Township, against 1,043 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Liberty Township apart on work
Liberty Township is where the jobs are
Liberty Township has 2,453 jobs, 2.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,900 people are in town, 57% more than the 2,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
Liberty Township’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Liberty Township is Columbus, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (208) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Nearly all the work in Liberty Township is services
97% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Liberty Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
92% of the jobs based in Liberty Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 70% of the jobs Liberty Township residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Liberty Township. The jobs ↓
The biggest group of Liberty Township’s workers comes from Columbus
324 of the people who work in Liberty Township live in Columbus, 36 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Liberty Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Liberty Township is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($113,472, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (9.5%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Liberty Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Who leaves Liberty Township for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,026 residents head out to work and 17 work right here.
About 3,900 people are in Liberty Township on a workday afternoon, 57% more 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.
How far Liberty Township’s workers travel
About 16% 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 jobs in Liberty Township are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty Township, 2014 → 2024: 1,588 → 2,453. 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.
The daily trip into Liberty Township
Where Liberty Township clocks in
20% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Liberty Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 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 962 commuters (the 19% 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.
Few in Liberty Township walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Liberty Township is more walkable than 11% 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 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,186 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). 3.1% 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.
Liberty Township next to U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300: 859th of 5,207 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 857 | Pioneer Village KY | 2,794 | $84K | 11.6% | 1.6% | <1% | A− |
| 858 | Maumee Township IN | 2,757 | $71K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 3% | A− |
| 859 | Liberty Township OH | 2,464 | $113K | 9.5% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 860 | Winneconne WI | 2,498 | $82K | 5.4% | 2.7% | 12% | A− |
| 861 | Brown Township IL | 2,112 | $91K | 2.1% | 1.6% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | 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.
Work next door: 11% of Liberty Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Allen Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | – | A− | D | 28 min | $113,472 |
| Taylor Township | under 2% | A− | D | 25 min | $102,083 |
| York Township | under 2% | C | C | 36 min | $80,833 |
| Allen Township | 8% | A | C− | 30 min | $138,971 |
| Perry Township | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Perry 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?
$113,472 (±$26,210) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty Township?
9.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty Township?
28 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (20%, 36 mi), Marysville (15%, 11 mi), Allen Township (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Liberty Township walkable?
Liberty Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Liberty Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% 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.