Benton township, Cedar County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 0.2% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
66% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 23% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 91% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 456
- Northeast: 6
- Midwest: 32
- South: 2
- West: 7
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 143
- One, attached: 1
- Two: 2
- Mobile homes: 47
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 3
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,800
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 25 (4 second mortgage, 3 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 15
- Construction (22%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (16%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (8%)
- Chemicals (8%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Printing and related support activities (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (14%)
- Food and beverage stores (9%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Chemicals (6%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (23%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (13%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Registered nurses (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Health technologists and technicians (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (42.6%)
- Norwegian (14.5%)
- United States or American (14.0%)
- Irish (7.4%)
- Swedish (6.4%)
- Dutch (2.7%)
- French Canadian (2.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 171 (73%)
- Carpooled: 44 (19%)
- Other means: 11 (5%)
- Worked at home: 8 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Wood (24%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
- Utility gas (2%)
95.4% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
2.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (38% speak English very well, 62% speak English not well).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 514- In family households: 477 (109 male householders, 27 female householders)
110 spouses, 215 children (204 natural, 4 adopted, 7 stepchildren), 1 grandchildren, 2 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 0 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 37 (26 male householders (26 living alone)), 11 female householders (11 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 36 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 37 1-person,
201 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (17 men, 21 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 5.5% |
| Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
| Here: | 3.6% |
| Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 13.3% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |