Liberty township, Jackson County, Michigan (MI) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (80% naturalized citizens)
| Liberty township: | 0.7% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
53% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 64% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in Michigan.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2825
- Northeast: 22
- Midwest: 271
- South: 194
- West: 124
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $33,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in other group homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,118
- One, attached: 14
- Two: 15
- 3 or 4: 81
- 5 to 9: 32
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 279
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 16
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,500
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 295 (29 second mortgage, 20 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 288
- Construction (10%)
- Transportation equipment (10%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Utilities (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (23%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Finance and insurance (4%)
- Personal and laundry services (3%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Top executives (5%)
- Electricians (4%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- United States or American (26.8%)
- German (21.6%)
- Irish (15.7%)
- English (11.4%)
- French (except Basque) (4.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
- Norwegian (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (45%)
- France (25%)
- Italy (15%)
- Philippines (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,082 (77%)
- Carpooled: 220 (16%)
- Walked: 33 (2%)
- Other means: 16 (1%)
- Worked at home: 62 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (57%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Wood (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
4 people in other group homes
99.4% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (82% speak English very well, 18% speak English well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,350- In family households: 2,866 (739 male householders, 188 female householders)
778 spouses, 1,047 children (948 natural, 22 adopted, 77 stepchildren), 69 grandchildren, 4 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 16 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 484 (159 male householders (117 living alone)), 246 female householders (229 living alone)), 79 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 112 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 422 2-persons, 156 3-persons, 205 4-persons, 120 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 346 1-person, 48 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 2 6-persons,
586 married couples with children.
107 single-parent households (41 men, 66 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 24
| Here: | 5.4% |
| Michigan: | 11.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Michigan: | 8.7% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Michigan: | 16.5% |