Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, IN

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Richmond (19%), Oxford (8%) and Connersville (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

113 of 787 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 674 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

674live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Richmond13.8 mi away

19%147

Liberty (in town)right here

14%113

Oxford, OH13.2 mi away

8%61

Connersville11.5 mi away

4%30

Center65.2 mi away

2%18

Eaton, OH17.5 mi away

2%14

Washington66.7 mi away

2%14

Cincinnati, OH40.9 mi away

1%10

Perry65.4 mi away

1%10

Shelbyville45.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%362

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Liberty commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

20%

40%

15%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

715 jobs are based in Liberty. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Liberty’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Liberty

715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

787 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−9%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 785 → 715. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.