Benton township, Keokuk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
70% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 42% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 908
- Northeast: 24
- Midwest: 99
- South: 16
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $17,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 390
- One, attached: 4
- Two: 7
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 4
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 42
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,300
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 110 (3 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 119
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Machinery (15%)
- Construction (10%)
- Food (6%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Health care (24%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Food (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Social assistance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (12%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (32.1%)
- United States or American (14.6%)
- Irish (14.2%)
- English (12.4%)
- Dutch (5.9%)
- Swedish (2.2%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 372 (76%)
- Carpooled: 70 (14%)
- Walked: 19 (4%)
- Worked at home: 26 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (40%)
- Electricity (28%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (23%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Wood (2%)
99.1% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
0.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,077- In family households: 952 (253 male householders, 46 female householders)
257 spouses, 359 children (327 natural, 6 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 5 parents, 1 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 125 (36 male householders (29 living alone)), 73 female householders (65 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 129 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 69 4-persons, 21 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 94 1-person, 13 2-persons, 2 3-persons,
220 married couples with children.
52 single-parent households (16 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 9.1% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |