Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,820. Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The best of Liberty Township’s subject grades are an A for schools and an A− for incomes and history; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 93 of Pennsylvania’s 1,749 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $286K, 4.6 years of the Sunbury area’s $62K median household income. Its National Register listings include Mooresburg School. Liberty Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Liberty Township beats most towns.
1,584 counted in 2010 and 1,795 in 2020; an estimated 1,820 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 →
The archive holds 11 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and 3 maps from 1952 on.
3 places 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.
Most working residents leave Liberty Township for work: only 1% work in town. At 19 minutes, Liberty Township’s average trip to work is where Pennsylvania’s towns sit at 26 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 3.3% of Liberty Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Liberty Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.3% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $81,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Liberty Township beats the Pennsylvania average on 1 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 15% of Liberty Township adults report frequent mental distress, below both the Pennsylvania town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 35% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Liberty Township.
| Liberty Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 35% | 38% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Liberty Township | PA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults seeing a dentist | 67.5% | 64.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Liberty Township has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 43% of residents (38% statewide). The median age in Liberty Township is 47.7 years. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 35% across Pennsylvania.
| Liberty Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47.7 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 21% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.1 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Liberty Township | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.9% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.4% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.4% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.2% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 18.7% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.7% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 42.3% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.4% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 17.2% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.1% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,800, single groups can be off by several points
15 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is State Game Lands Number 115, at 112 acres.
| Liberty Township | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.5% | 8.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. State Game Lands Number 115 | — | 112 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Liberty Township. Close and well known come first.
34 mi State parkRicketts Glen State Park
9 mi MuseumFort Augusta
34 mi State parkWorlds End State Park
38 mi MuseumPiper Aviation Museum
16 mi MuseumOld Union County CourthouseRicketts Glen State Park: en:User:Msitler, Public domain · Fort Augusta: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Worlds End State Park: Nicholas, CC BY 2.0 · Piper Aviation Museum: User:Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Old Union County Courthouse: Ruhrfisch (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0
2 within 15 miles of the center of Liberty Township
About 3 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
3 places in Liberty Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 towns share a border with Liberty Township.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Township | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
| East Chillisquaque Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Limestone Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Point Township | #872 | C | C− | A | C− | C+ |
| Valley Township | — | — | B | — | A | A− |
| Derry Township | — | — | B | — | A | A− |
Liberty Township, Valley Township and Derry Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Township, Valley Township and Derry Township report no FBI crime data of their own. East Chillisquaque Township and Limestone Township 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.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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