Benton township, Howell County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Benton township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
58% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 38% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1066
- Northeast: 18
- Midwest: 263
- South: 437
- West: 200
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.3%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 622
- One, attached: 6
- Mobile homes: 202
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $25,800
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 131 (5 second mortgage, 18 home equity loan, 12 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 56
- Repair and maintenance (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Wood products (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (12%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (11%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (7%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (7%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- United States or American (45.1%)
- German (14.3%)
- Irish (9.2%)
- English (8.3%)
- French (except Basque) (6.2%)
- Dutch (1.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.2%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 565 (70%)
- Carpooled: 173 (21%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (0%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (1%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Wood (26%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
98.6% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English well, 45% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English very well, 60% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,998- In family households: 1,818 (527 male householders, 77 female householders)
511 spouses, 569 children (501 natural, 18 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 25 brothers or sisters, 14 parents, 32 other relatives, 46 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 180 (99 male householders (91 living alone)), 73 female householders (73 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 306 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 45 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 164 1-person, 8 2-persons,
376 married couples with children.
106 single-parent households (46 men, 60 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): 7
Here: | 6.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
Here: | 43.5% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |