Benton township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (20% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
71% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 983
- Northeast: 111
- Midwest: 28
- South: 57
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $95,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 453
- One, attached: 3
- Two: 4
- 3 or 4: 7
- Mobile homes: 80
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,000
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 130 (12 second mortgage, 25 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 107
- Construction (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Food (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Textile mills and textile products (5%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (39.1%)
- United States or American (16.0%)
- Irish (7.9%)
- Polish (7.9%)
- English (4.9%)
- Dutch (3.8%)
- Italian (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (80%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 473 (83%)
- Carpooled: 55 (10%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Other means: 8 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (52%)
- Electricity (18%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Wood (11%)
- Coal or coke (6%)
- Utility gas (1%)
96.8% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,216- In family households: 1,079 (304 male householders, 59 female householders)
321 spouses, 332 children (318 natural, 6 adopted, 8 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 7 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 137 (63 male householders (49 living alone)), 56 female householders (49 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 168 2-persons, 96 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 20 5-persons, 6 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 98 1-person, 21 2-persons,
205 married couples with children.
56 single-parent households (21 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
| Here: | 1.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |