Benton township, Ringgold County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 4 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 3.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
54% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 78
- Northeast: 4
- Midwest: 26
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 12.2%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 36
- Mobile homes: 5
Median worth of mobile homes: $225,000
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 6 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Health care (8%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (45.5%)
- Irish (12.1%)
- English (10.6%)
- United States or American (10.6%)
- Italian (4.5%)
- Scotch-Irish (4.5%)
- Scottish (3.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 34 (72%)
- Carpooled: 10 (21%)
- Walked: 1 (2%)
- Worked at home: 2 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (71%)
- Wood (17%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
88.5% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
9.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 112- In family households: 95 (21 male householders, 8 female householders)
19 spouses, 33 children (33 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 7 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 17 (9 male householders (3 living alone)), 2 female householders (2 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 9 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 5 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 5 1-person, 6 2-persons,
32 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
| Here: | 42.9% |
| 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: 1
| Here: | 100.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |