Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, OH

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (43%), Dublin (8%) and Westerville (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,244 of 15,897 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 14,653 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 1,244 work right here, and 9,259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

14,653live here, work elsewhere

1,244live and work here

9,259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Columbus14.9 mi away

43%6,828

Dublin6.2 mi away

8%1,283

Liberty (in town)right here

5%791

Westerville10 mi away

3%496

Orange4.7 mi away

3%454

Powell1.4 mi away

3%429

Delaware6.8 mi away

2%384

Worthington7.1 mi away

2%292

Hilliard11.4 mi away

2%242

Upper Arlington11.2 mi away

1%201

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%4,497

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.

42%

41%

13%

42%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

10,503 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

10,503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

15,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+25%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 8,386 → 10,503. 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.