Benton township, Spink County, South Dakota (SD) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 33 (all rural)
Males: 18 | (54.5%) |
Females: 15 | (45.5%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 33 (24 owner occupied, 9 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 27% |
State: | 32% |
Races in Benton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 100.0%
Median age of males: 46.5
Median age of females: 48.3
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Average household size: 2.75
Benton township: | 2.8 people |
South Dakota: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 2.91
Estimated median household income in 2013: ($33,750 in 1999)
Median contract rent in 2013: $426 (lower quartile is $157, upper quartile is $333)Benton township: | $48,369 |
South Dakota: | $48,947 |
Here: | $427 |
State: | $529 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $66,900 (it was $36,700 in 2000)
: | $66,900 |
South Dakota: | $138,400 |
Population density: 1 people per square mile | (very low). |
100% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 14
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 0
- South: 0
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.0%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 18
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 0 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers (16%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (10%)
- Construction (10%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (23%)
- Health care (14%)
- Finance and insurance (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers (4%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (14%)
- Engineers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Waiters and waitresses (15%)
- Health technologists and technicians (10%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (10%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (53.8%)
- Danish (15.4%)
- Dutch (15.4%)
- Swedish (15.4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4 (100%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (67%)
- Electricity (33%)
All residents speak only English at home
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14- In family households: 14 (5 male householders, 0 female householders)
7 spouses, 2 children (2 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 0 (0 male householders (0 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 4 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
6 married couples with children.
0 single-parent households (0 men, 0 women).
Here: | 0.0% |
South Dakota: | 5.6% |