Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,764.
The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades are an A for cost of living and the outdoors and an A− for history; the weakest is a D for walkability. 28% of the land in Liberty Township is conserved, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (8.2%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Bald Eagle State Park, 2,662 acres with 15.7 miles of trail. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Liberty Township beats most towns.
2,118 counted in 2010 and 1,815 in 2020; an estimated 1,764 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Pennsylvania), ordered by how far Liberty Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,830 in 2000, 1,825 in 2020. The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 4 maps from 1921 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 Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Liberty Township.
In Liberty Township, the density of trails is 0.9 miles per square mile, above both the Pennsylvania town median (0.4) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Count the trails in 4 parks and preserves and they come to 21 miles. Parks and preserves in the town: 4, covering 4,352 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bald Eagle State Park | 15.7 mi | 2,662 |
| 2. Sproul State Forest | 2.4 mi | 1,500 |
| 3. State Game Lands Number 255 | — | 184 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to Keystone Central SD. Enrollment at Liberty Township’s public school: 151 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty-Curtin El SchLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–4 | Grades K–4 | 151 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within PA on state tests and graduation
Since 2013, Liberty Township has lost 271 jobs, to 98 in 2023. Its mean commuting time is 37 minutes. The top destinations are College Township (16%), State College (6%) and Boggs Township (5%). Among residents in the town, 3.4% live below the poverty line.
| Liberty Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 37 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The range runs from 19° on a January night to 85° on a July afternoon, with about 30 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. 87% of Liberty Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Liberty Township after 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2016.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For adults in Liberty Township, the share who binge drink is 19%. Among adults in the town, 18% smoke cigarettes and 25% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Liberty Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 24% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 9.2% | 7.7% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.4% | 7.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 34.2% | 30.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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 Pennsylvania.
Where Liberty Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Township in Pennsylvania, US
Liberty Township is a township in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,825 at the 2020 census, an increase over the figure of 2,118 tabulated in 2010. Part of Bald Eagle State Park is in Liberty Township.
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8 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | A | — | C+ | B− |
| Beech Creek Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Beech Creek | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Marion Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Curtin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monument | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Porter Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Blanchard | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Liberty Township, Marion Township and Porter Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Marion Township and Porter Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Beech Creek Township, Beech Creek, Curtin Township, Monument and Blanchard aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Liberty Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.
