North Benton township, Dallas County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| North Benton township: | 0.3% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
50% of North Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2404
- Northeast: 116
- Midwest: 621
- South: 299
- West: 449
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $32,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
66 people in nursing homes
15 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,398
- One, attached: 31
- Two: 36
- 3 or 4: 109
- 5 to 9: 75
- 10 to 19: 11
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 190
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,000
Housing units in North Benton township with a mortgage: 451 (33 second mortgage, 19 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 277
- Construction (17%)
- Repair and maintenance (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Health care (15%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Apparel (6%)
- Food and beverage stores (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (12%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Carpenters (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Benton township:
- United States or American (26.8%)
- German (16.6%)
- English (12.3%)
- Irish (11.3%)
- Italian (4.9%)
- French (except Basque) (4.2%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,291 (81%)
- Carpooled: 231 (14%)
- Motorcycle: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 39 (2%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 14 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (46%)
- Electricity (42%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Solar energy (1%)
66 people in nursing homes
15 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.2% of residents of North Benton township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,835- In family households: 3,199 (822 male householders, 254 female householders)
842 spouses, 1,065 children (1,000 natural, 15 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 65 other relatives, 100 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 636 (234 male householders (199 living alone)), 313 female householders (282 living alone)), 89 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 82 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 497 2-persons, 230 3-persons, 216 4-persons, 66 5-persons, 44 6-persons, 23 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 481 1-person, 57 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
619 married couples with children.
297 single-parent households (54 men, 243 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 28
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 5.3% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5
| Here: | 6.7% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |