Benton township, Holt County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
Benton township: | 0.6% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
64% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 53% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1188
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 225
- South: 39
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
43 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 588
- One, attached: 20
- Two: 19
- 3 or 4: 76
- 5 to 9: 10
- 20 to 49: 8
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $22,800
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 154 (9 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 230
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Construction (11%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Health care (23%)
- Accommodation and food services (15%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Arts, entertainment, and recreation (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (3%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Art and design workers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (33.4%)
- United States or American (20.1%)
- English (14.7%)
- Irish (9.0%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.3%)
- European (2.4%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- South Africa (56%)
- United Kingdom (44%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 516 (78%)
- Carpooled: 71 (11%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 39 (6%)
- Other means: 5 (1%)
- Worked at home: 29 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (41%)
- Electricity (39%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- Wood (2%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
43 people in nursing homes
97.3% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English very well, 56% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,471- In family households: 1,215 (347 male householders, 86 female householders)
364 spouses, 365 children (325 natural, 4 adopted, 36 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 9 other relatives, 12 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 256 (94 male householders (87 living alone)), 154 female householders (154 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 42 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 240 2-persons, 88 3-persons, 70 4-persons, 23 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 241 1-person, 5 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
225 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (10 men, 59 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2
Here: | 1.6% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 5.9% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |