Work & commute · Liberty

Work & commute in Liberty, OH

Most working residents leave Liberty for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Napoleon (16%), Wauseon (5%) and Archbold (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

111 of 999 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 888 Liberty residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 1,882 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Liberty.

888live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

1,882work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Liberty goes to work

Napoleon4.6 mi away

16%164

Wauseon8.2 mi away

5%49

Archbold13.1 mi away

5%47

Defiance19.3 mi away

4%42

Toledo29.2 mi away

4%37

Liberty Center3.2 mi away

3%34

Maumee22.4 mi away

3%28

Liberty (in town)right here

3%25

Fort Wayne, IN61.1 mi away

2%20

Columbus115.9 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%535

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.

36%

33%

10%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Liberty is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Liberty are

1,993 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

1,993 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Liberty residents hold

999 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Liberty, 2013 → 2023: 2,198 → 1,993. 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.