Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, OH

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Findlay (42%), Allen (6%) and Bowling Green (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 3,231 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,104 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 2,161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

3,104live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

2,161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Findlay4.5 mi away

42%1,361

Allen7.4 mi away

6%194

Liberty (in town)right here

4%127

Bowling Green24 mi away

3%85

McComb6 mi away

2%72

Columbus82.2 mi away

2%69

Toledo44.1 mi away

2%54

Bluffton13 mi away

1%40

Fostoria18.4 mi away

1%39

Clyde42.9 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,157

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.

57%

11%

14%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

2,288 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

2,288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

3,231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+22%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 1,877 → 2,288. 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.