Brighton township, Livingston County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 5 (60% naturalized citizens)
Brighton township: | 4.8% |
Whole state: | 5.3% |
64% of Brighton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 31% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 71% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 12902
- Northeast: 1010
- Midwest: 1745
- South: 692
- West: 457
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $209,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
56 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 5,697
- One, attached: 56
- Two: 51
- 3 or 4: 37
- 5 to 9: 16
- 10 to 19: 64
- Mobile homes: 286
Median worth of mobile homes: $60,800
Housing units in Brighton township with a mortgage: 4,286 (254 second mortgage, 782 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 670
- Transportation equipment (20%)
- Construction (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (18%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Engineers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Brighton township:
- German (19.9%)
- Irish (11.5%)
- Polish (11.2%)
- English (10.7%)
- Italian (8.6%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (24%)
- Italy (10%)
- Pakistan (7%)
- Poland (7%)
- United Kingdom (6%)
- Korea (5%)
- Germany (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 8,015 (88%)
- Carpooled: 641 (7%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (0%)
- Walked: 83 (1%)
- Other means: 13 (0%)
- Worked at home: 378 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (90%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
- Electricity (3%)
56 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
95.3% of residents of Brighton township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 21% speak English not well).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 49% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 29% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 17,639- In family households: 16,367 (4,278 male householders, 742 female householders)
4,513 spouses, 6,195 children (5,749 natural, 239 adopted, 207 stepchildren), 120 grandchildren, 38 brothers or sisters, 52 parents, 111 other relatives, 318 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,272 (581 male householders (459 living alone)), 443 female householders (370 living alone)), 248 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 55 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,793 2-persons, 1,148 3-persons, 1,259 4-persons, 573 5-persons, 167 6-persons, 80 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 829 1-person, 162 2-persons, 26 3-persons, 7 4-persons,
4,702 married couples with children.
415 single-parent households (125 men, 290 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 188
Here: | 7.1% |
Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 96
Here: | 8.6% |
Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 75
Here: | 11.2% |
Michigan: | 16.5% |