Photo: Gyejournal · CC BY-SA 4.0Liberty has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 342 jobs in Liberty, and 692 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Liberty B+; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Liberty
Many jobs in Liberty pay little
55% of the jobs based in Liberty pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 55% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Liberty and Ogden trade workers both ways
Ogden is the top workplace for Liberty residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Liberty come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Liberty
57% of Liberty residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 26% of the jobs based in Liberty pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 99% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 692 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Liberty earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Liberty is better than 70% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Liberty’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.5%) is left out: Liberty’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 could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The kinds of work in Liberty
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 342. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Liberty’s own residents hold wherever they work.
20% of working residents work in Ogden
Where Liberty clocks in
20% of workers
13% of workers
4% 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.
Liberty on a workday afternoon
On a workday 682 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 332 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Liberty on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2023, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Utah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Liberty workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 508 commuters (the 28% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Liberty’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Liberty gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Liberty is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 702 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Liberty households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Liberty’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Liberty is 1,101st of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 156 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 314 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 324 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,099 | Cross Roads TX | 1,965 | $124K | 6.9% | 10.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,100 | Cambridge WI | 1,679 | $88K | 8.8% | 2.7% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,101 | Liberty UT | 1,484 | $107K | 4.0% | 1.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,102 | Downs IL | 1,173 | $111K | 10.8% | 1.7% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,103 | Jonestown PA | 1,666 | $89K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Around Liberty: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Wolf Creek (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | – | B+ | C | 28 min | $106,719 |
| Wolf Creek | 4% | A− | C− | 46 min | $130,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Liberty’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 2023, 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: questions
What is the median household income in Liberty?
$106,719 (±$31,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty?
4.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (20%, 10 mi), Salt Lake City (13%, 39 mi), Eden (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Liberty walkable?
Liberty is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Liberty without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Liberty, from the people who make the trip.
More of Liberty
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.