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Liberty TownshipOH

The town was platted in 1815 and has 1,727 residents today.

Is Liberty Township a good place to live?

The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades are a B+ for history and a B for incomes; the weakest is a D− for walkability. On walkability, just 41 of Ohio’s 1,718 towns do worse. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

A commuter town

99% of working residents leave Liberty Township for work

Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

31% → Bowling Green Bowling Green 31% 8% → Toledo Toledo 8% 8% → Findlay Findlay 8% 3% → Perrysburg Perrysburg 3% 2% → Perrysburg Township Perrysburg Township 2% 2% → Maumee Maumee 2% Liberty Township · 1% stay
97jobs based in Liberty Township
1%of working residents work in town
17 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Liberty Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Ohio), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Liberty Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Liberty Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerHancock-Wood Electric Coop17.3¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterNorthwestern W and Sd - Portage water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet8 providers99% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Liberty Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsBowling Green City School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Ohio you can register online until 30 days before Election Day, in person until 30 days before Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 30 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereDirector, Wood County Board of ElectionsWood County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Oct 2021
ZIP codes43462, 43451, 43569, 4341343462 61% · 43451 23% · 43569 9% · 43413 4%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Liberty Township.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade B

Most of Liberty Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them

The top destinations are Bowling Green (31%), Toledo (8%) and Findlay (8%). Commuting out is the norm in Liberty Township: 1% of working residents work locally. In Liberty Township, 5.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles.

1%work in town
Liberty TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Working residents who work in town1%6.9%8%
Below the poverty line5.5%9.1%9.6%
Average trip to work22 minutes24 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$70,000$75,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Liberty Township1%
Bowling Green31%
Toledo8%
Findlay8%
Perrysburg3%
17 mi
median commute distance
97
jobs based in Liberty Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 1% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

HealthC

Health in Liberty Township trails 70% of U.S. towns

41% of adults in Liberty Township have obesity; 17% smoke cigarettes. The town tracks Ohio closely on all 32 CDC measures. The share of adults in Liberty Township who have been diagnosed with depression: 28%.

30%healthier than U.S. townsCHealth Grade
Liberty TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Depression (CDC PLACES)28%26%23%
Obesity (CDC PLACES)41%38%35%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)17%16%14%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)18%18%17%
32 measures vs. Ohio
0 better32 too close to call0 worse
Wood County Hospital
5.2 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Climate

Liberty Township: four seasons and pleasant summers

A winter brings about 21 inches of snow, with January nights at 19° and July afternoons at 85°.

21″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter22–36°
Spring40–60°
Summer62–83°
Fall44–63°
Oct 25
typical first frost
Apr 22
typical last frost
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+

Liberty Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding

64% of Liberty Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 17%. Compared with two thirds of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage locally is lower. Since 2005, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out here.

33risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
33Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoes
3
paid flood claims since 2005

FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Who lives here

Ages in Liberty Township track Ohio closely

Liberty Township: 15% of residents are 65 or older. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Ohio average. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Ohio. Population is up 2.2% locally since 2020, to 1,727 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.

41.5median age · OH 39.7
Liberty TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Aged 65 or older15%20%18%
Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+27%24%29%
Liberty TownshipOhioUnited States

Ages · share of residents

Education · adults 25 and older

No diploma8%
High school38%
Some college19%
Associate’s9%
Bachelor’s18%
Graduate9%

Women and men · all residents

46% women, 54% men

About 119 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across Ohio, 50.7% of residents are women. Among residents 45 to 54, 71% are men (OH 50%).

Ages and education in Liberty Township
Liberty TownshipOHU.S.
Under 1014.3%11.7%11.6%
10 to 1710.4%10.3%10.3%
18 to 245.9%8.9%9.1%
25 to 3414.4%13.2%13.7%
35 to 4411.3%12.5%13.2%
45 to 5411.6%12%12.2%
55 to 6416.7%13.2%12.7%
65 to 7410.7%10.9%10.2%
75 and older4.7%7.3%7%
No diploma7.7%8.2%10.4%
High school38.3%32.1%26%
Some college18.5%19.3%19.1%
Associate’s8.5%9%8.8%
Bachelor’s17.5%19.3%21.6%
Graduate9.4%12.2%14.1%

Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points

OutdoorsC+

Liberty Township keeps 0.4% of its land conserved

Across 2 parks and preserves: 5.0 miles of trail. In Liberty Township, the trail network density is 0.1 miles per square mile, against 0.2 in Ohio’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. Parks and preserves here: 2, covering 15 acres.

0.4%conserved
Liberty TownshipOhio townsU.S. towns
Conserved land0.4%3.7%4.3%
Miles of trail per square mile0.1 miles per square mile0.20.4
0.4%
conserved · 103 of 23,372 acres
5.0 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Rudolph Savannah—12
2. Rudolph Bike Park—3

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Nearby attractions

Toledo Museum of Art and 8 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.

All 21 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Toledo Museum of Art: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Toledo Zoo: DreamingKoala, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fort Meigs: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Imagination Station: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of the Great Lakes: MrJacon000, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wood County Museum: Nyttend, Public domain

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Liberty Township

18pages on Liberty Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty Township

Liberty Township’s neighbors

5 towns share a border with Liberty Township.

Explore the map →
How the neighbors grade
TownOH rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Liberty Township——B—BC
Henry Township#541BA−—B−C
Portage Township——B−—B+C−
Plain Township——C—BB−
Milton Township——————
Bloom Township#543BA−—B+C

Liberty Township, Portage Township and Plain Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Henry Township, Portage Township, Plain Township and Bloom Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Milton Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Liberty Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Liberty Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Liberty Township, OH expensive?

Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.