West Benton township, Newton County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (8% naturalized citizens)
West Benton township: | 2.6% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
38% of West 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, 34% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1088
- Northeast: 56
- Midwest: 165
- South: 275
- West: 192
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $28,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 9.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
People in group quarters in West Benton township, Missouri:
- 110 people in nursing homes
- 89 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 311
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 19
- 20 to 49: 11
- Mobile homes: 278
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,400
Housing units in West Benton township with a mortgage: 99 (6 second mortgage, 9 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 50
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Printing and related support activities (6%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Plastics and rubber products (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in West Benton township:
- United States or American (20.2%)
- German (16.9%)
- Irish (10.6%)
- English (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- Swedish (3.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (47%)
- Guatemala (33%)
- Germany (12%)
- Yugoslavia (8%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 494 (66%)
- Carpooled: 163 (22%)
- Taxi: 6 (1%)
- Walked: 40 (5%)
- Other means: 17 (2%)
- Worked at home: 33 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (42%)
- Utility gas (26%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Wood (6%)
People in group quarters in West Benton township, Missouri:
- 110 people in nursing homes
- 89 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 26 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
93.8% of residents of West Benton township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (42% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 29% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,627- In family households: 1,452 (318 male householders, 133 female householders)
322 spouses, 535 children (507 natural, 5 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 34 grandchildren, 31 brothers or sisters, 19 parents, 10 other relatives, 50 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 175 (78 male householders (57 living alone)), 64 female householders (53 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 223 (156 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 187 2-persons, 118 3-persons, 84 4-persons, 43 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 5 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 110 1-person, 32 2-persons,
303 married couples with children.
167 single-parent households (43 men, 124 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
Here: | 8.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |