Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, OH

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (30%), Lancaster (6%) and Baltimore (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

280 of 3,815 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,535 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 280 work right here, and 836 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

3,535live here, work elsewhere

280live and work here

836work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Columbus19.7 mi away

30%1,161

Lancaster10.5 mi away

6%234

Baltimore2.9 mi away

5%193

Pickerington6.5 mi away

4%134

Etna6 mi away

2%93

Liberty (in town)right here

2%87

Violet5.3 mi away

2%76

New Albany16.4 mi away

2%74

Gahanna16.8 mi away

2%71

Reynoldsburg9.8 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,623

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.

25%

48%

12%

15%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

1,116 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

1,116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

3,815 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+26%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 886 → 1,116. 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.