Most of Liberty commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Liberty has 106 jobs, and 246 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Liberty for work; outside it, Lancaster is the main destination (14%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 26% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Liberty: the gist
Home offices are common in Liberty
26% of Liberty workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Liberty workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 246 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 27 minutes to work from Liberty
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Liberty workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Liberty
On a workday 246 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Liberty on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Where Liberty’s working residents head each day
Where Liberty clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
41% of the jobs in Liberty make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 106. 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.
How many miles Liberty commutes
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Liberty and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Liberty workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | – | — | — | 27 min | $98,125 |
| Clifton | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| North Lancaster | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Ellenboro | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Fennimore | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clifton and Fennimore: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. North Lancaster and Ellenboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. 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?
$98,125 (±$34,189) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Liberty?
10.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Liberty?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Liberty work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (14%, 6 mi), Platteville (13%, 14 mi), Dubuque (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Liberty without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 15% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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.