Benton township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (59% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 1.4% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1518
- Northeast: 231
- Midwest: 29
- South: 56
- West: 16
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $112,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.7% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 853
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 8
- 3 or 4: 12
- Mobile homes: 147
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $35,900
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 246 (46 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 176
- Construction (13%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Social assistance (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Health technologists and technicians (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (19.1%)
- Irish (15.2%)
- Italian (12.4%)
- Polish (12.3%)
- English (10.0%)
- Welsh (7.0%)
- United States or American (5.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (26%)
- Other Western Europe (22%)
- Germany (11%)
- Italy (11%)
- Poland (11%)
- Philippines (11%)
- Austria (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 744 (81%)
- Carpooled: 93 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 5 (1%)
- Walked: 12 (1%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 57 (6%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (55%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Wood (7%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
- Utility gas (3%)
97.5% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,881- In family households: 1,657 (441 male householders, 90 female householders)
455 spouses, 577 children (540 natural, 11 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 18 brothers or sisters, 7 parents, 20 other relatives, 34 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 224 (81 male householders (66 living alone)), 105 female householders (92 living alone)), 38 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 238 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 116 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 4 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 158 1-person, 21 2-persons, 5 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
391 married couples with children.
41 single-parent households (8 men, 33 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 34
| Here: | 14.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8
| Here: | 6.5% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 29
| Here: | 42.6% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |