Liberty Center vs Ossian

A side-by-side comparison of Liberty Center and Ossian: population, income, housing, and more.

Liberty Center and Ossian are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ossian has the higher population (3,342 vs 409 in Liberty Center). Liberty Center has the higher median household income ($82,966 vs $67,641 in Ossian). Since 2019, Liberty Center's population has grown faster (+146.4% vs -0.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Liberty Center	Ossian
Population	409	3,342
Median age	29.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$82,966	$67,641
Median home value	—	$184,000
Median gross rent	—	$896
Housing units	123	1,662
Homeownership rate	91.1%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.1%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Liberty Center	Ossian
Population	166 → 409 (+146.4%)	3,350 → 3,342 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$68,594 → $82,966 (+21.0%)	$54,531 → $67,641 (+24.0%)
Median home value	—	$119,800 → $184,000 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$708 → $896 (+26.6%)

Liberty Center

Population

166409

Median household income

$68,594$82,966

Ossian

Population

3,3503,342

Median household income

$54,531$67,641

Median home value

$119,800$184,000

Median gross rent

$708$896

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Liberty Center	Ossian
Under 5	11.2%	7.8%
5 to 17	33.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	30.6%	18.2%
35 to 44	6.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	2.4%	6.0%
55 to 64	9.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	3.9%	14.0%
75 and over	2.9%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Liberty Center	Ossian
White (non-Hispanic)	37.2%	98.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	62.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Liberty Center	Ossian
No high school diploma	46.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	36.6%	41.9%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Liberty Center	Ossian
Drove alone	100.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Liberty Center	Ossian
1-unit, detached	91.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Liberty Center	Ossian
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.9%
Average household size	3.33	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1938	1982