Benton township, Daviess County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (50% naturalized citizens)
Benton township: | 0.8% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
42% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 395
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 45
- South: 22
- West: 18
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 146
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 31
- 10 to 19: 5
- 20 to 49: 3
- Mobile homes: 41
Median worth of mobile homes: $42,900
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 30 (6 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 17
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (24%)
- Construction (17%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Social assistance (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (16%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (15%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (15%)
- Waiters and waitresses (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Child care workers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- United States or American (49.0%)
- German (15.0%)
- English (11.0%)
- Irish (6.7%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Scottish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- France (50%)
- Venezuela (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 154 (77%)
- Carpooled: 29 (14%)
- Walked: 8 (4%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 9 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (64%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
97.5% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 486- In family households: 425 (127 male householders, 27 female householders)
111 spouses, 148 children (127 natural, 10 adopted, 11 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 61 (21 male householders (21 living alone)), 33 female householders (26 living alone)), 7 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 75 2-persons, 36 3-persons, 31 4-persons, 9 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 47 1-person, 7 2-persons,
95 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (5 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |