Benton township, Elkhart County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
Benton township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 65% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1829
- Northeast: 54
- Midwest: 210
- South: 109
- West: 35
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 661
- 5 to 9: 10
- Mobile homes: 69
Median worth of mobile homes: $74,400
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 312 (40 second mortgage, 69 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 80
- Transportation equipment (19%)
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Metal and metal products (6%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Transportation equipment (14%)
- Health care (13%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Registered nurses (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (34.2%)
- United States or American (29.7%)
- Swiss (7.6%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Dutch (4.2%)
- European (3.7%)
- Italian (3.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (38%)
- Mexico (38%)
- Canada (25%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 971 (81%)
- Carpooled: 122 (10%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Bicycle: 17 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (0%)
- Worked at home: 82 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (46%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (38%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (3%)
- Electricity (1%)
- Coal or coke (1%)
85.9% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 46% speak English well).
12.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,279- In family households: 2,145 (571 male householders, 53 female householders)
554 spouses, 901 children (850 natural, 20 adopted, 31 stepchildren), 11 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 8 other relatives, 43 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 134 (65 male householders (45 living alone)), 51 female householders (50 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 243 2-persons, 129 3-persons, 137 4-persons, 58 5-persons, 28 6-persons, 29 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 95 1-person, 21 2-persons,
677 married couples with children.
103 single-parent households (24 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 50
Here: | 12.8% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 13
Here: | 9.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 50.0% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |