Benton township, Carver County, Minnesota (MN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (64% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
83% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Minnesota.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 798
- Northeast: 9
- Midwest: 75
- South: 15
- West: 11
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 307
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 80 (5 second mortgage, 27 home equity loan, 3 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 39
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (20%)
- Construction (13%)
- Repair and maintenance (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Machinery (4%)
- Health care (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Computer and electronic products (5%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (14%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Business operations specialists (4%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Child care workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (75.7%)
- Norwegian (6.1%)
- Swedish (3.9%)
- Czech (2.2%)
- Polish (1.8%)
- English (1.6%)
- Irish (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (50%)
- Germany (29%)
- Mexico (21%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 378 (72%)
- Carpooled: 53 (10%)
- Walked: 16 (3%)
- Other means: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 71 (14%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (59%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Wood (7%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
93.1% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
4.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (95% speak English very well, 5% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 924- In family households: 863 (219 male householders, 32 female householders)
218 spouses, 359 children (319 natural, 17 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 3 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 7 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (28 male householders (21 living alone)), 22 female householders (19 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 98 2-persons, 54 3-persons, 46 4-persons, 30 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person, 8 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
243 married couples with children.
14 single-parent households (11 men, 3 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 60
| Here: | 44.1% |
| Minnesota: | 11.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 10.8% |
| Minnesota: | 6.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 6
| Here: | 22.2% |
| Minnesota: | 24.6% |