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A town of 2,130.
Liberty Grove’s best subject grades are an A for schools and history and an A− for the outdoors; its weakest is a C− for cost of living. 44% of residents are 65 or older in Liberty Grove, above both Wisconsin’s towns (20%) and U.S. towns (18%). On hazard risk, just 6 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do better. Liberty Grove is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 69% of U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Newport State Park, 2,462 acres with 20.7 miles of trail. On history, just 72 of Wisconsin’s 879 towns do better. Liberty Grove has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Liberty Grove beats most towns.
Clearing, The| Widest gap | Liberty Grove | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.8% | 9.7% |
1,734 counted in 2010 and 2,096 in 2020; an estimated 2,130 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Wisconsin), ordered by how far Liberty Grove is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1940 and a map from 1982 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Liberty Grove, 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 Grove.
11% of adults report frequent mental distress in Liberty Grove, below both the Wisconsin town median (15%) and the median of U.S. towns (17%). 25% of adults feel lonely in Liberty Grove. No town among the 358 in Wisconsin we compare has a lower share of adults who binge drink than Liberty Grove.
| Liberty Grove | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 15% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 30% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 78% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 20% | 16% |
| What stands out | Liberty Grove | WI |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 12.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 14.2% | 8.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About one in 5 of Liberty Grove’s working residents works in town. Liberty Grove’s average trip to work is 15 minutes. Jobs based in Liberty Grove grew to 378 in 2023, 97 more than in 2013.
| Liberty Grove | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 15 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 21% | 8.3% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The July high in Liberty Grove is 76°F. Liberty Grove has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Liberty Grove | Wisconsin towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 3.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Newport State Park | 20.7 mi | 2,462 |
| 2. Europe Bay Woods State Natural Area | 2.5 mi | 214 |
| 3. Three Springs Nature Preserve | 1.9 mi | 497 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Liberty Grove; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Liberty Grove residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Wisconsin.
Town in Wisconsin, United States
Liberty Grove is a town in Door County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,096 at the 2020 census. The unincorporated communities of Ellison Bay, Gills Rock, North Bay, Northport, and Rowleys Bay are in the town.
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4 towns share a border with Liberty Grove.
| Town | WI rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Grove | — | — | C− | — | A | A− |
| Ephraim | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Baileys Harbor | — | — | D | — | A | B+ |
| Washington | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gibraltar | — | — | C | — | A | B+ |
Liberty Grove, Baileys Harbor and Gibraltar have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Liberty Grove, Baileys Harbor and Gibraltar report no FBI crime data of their own. Ephraim and Washington aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Liberty Grove with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.