Liberty township, Porter County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (51% naturalized citizens)
| Liberty township: | 2.1% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Liberty township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4352
- Northeast: 197
- Midwest: 1494
- South: 453
- West: 78
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $450,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.6%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,781
- One, attached: 34
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 15
- 5 to 9: 6
- Mobile homes: 750
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 25
Median worth of mobile homes: $16,600
Housing units in Liberty township with a mortgage: 1,091 (219 second mortgage, 168 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 394
- Metal and metal products (27%)
- Construction (17%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (3%)
- Educational services (3%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (2%)
- Truck transportation (2%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Liberty township:
- German (20.4%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- United States or American (10.3%)
- Polish (9.6%)
- English (9.3%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Swedish (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (38%)
- Argentina (15%)
- Germany (12%)
- Hungary (11%)
- Other Western Europe (9%)
- France (6%)
- Italy (5%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,878 (89%)
- Carpooled: 213 (7%)
- Railroad: 22 (1%)
- Walked: 43 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 68 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (93%)
- Electricity (3%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
95.4% of residents of Liberty township speak English at home.
2.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 6,727- In family households: 5,963 (1,624 male householders, 291 female householders)
1,621 spouses, 2,115 children (1,896 natural, 70 adopted, 149 stepchildren), 56 grandchildren, 34 brothers or sisters, 42 parents, 43 other relatives, 137 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 764 (265 male householders (183 living alone)), 336 female householders (300 living alone)), 163 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 740 2-persons, 459 3-persons, 464 4-persons, 179 5-persons, 59 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 483 1-person, 80 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 17 4-persons,
1,405 married couples with children.
294 single-parent households (100 men, 194 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 52
| Here: | 6.2% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 30
| Here: | 5.7% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 31
| Here: | 15.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |