Benton township, Linn County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Land area: 31.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 609 (all rural)
| Males: 294 |  (48.3%) |
| Females: 315 |  (51.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 609 (489 owner occupied, 120 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 20% |
| State: | 30% |
Races in Benton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.9%
- Black: 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.2%
- Two or more races: 1.0%
Median age of males: 39.9
Median age of females: 40.4
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Average household size: 2.46
| Benton township: | 2.5 people |
| Missouri: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
| Benton township: | $37,888 |
| Missouri: | $46,931 |
| Here: | $323 |
| State: | $566 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $66,697 (it was $46,300 in 2000)
| : | $66,697 |
| Missouri: | $133,200 |
Mean price in 2013:
Detached houses: $105,614
Here: $105,614 State: $173,356
Townhouses or other attached units: $83,294
Here: $83,294 State: $164,597
Mobile homes: $37,236
Here: $37,236 State: $50,605
| Population density: 19 people per square mile | (low). |
| This township: | 21.5% |
| Whole state: | 11.7% |
| This township: | 10.8% |
| Whole state: | 5.1% |
Cities in this township include: Browning, Purdin.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Dry Ridge Cemetery (1), Jenkins Cemetery (2), Prather Cemetery (3), Southerland Cemetery (4), Gooch Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Number 217 Reservoir (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Mairs Branch (A), Lowes Branch (B), Lick Branch (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
89% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 67% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 68
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 25
- South: 0
- West: 0
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $12,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 7.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 25
- Mobile homes: 6
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 10 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2
- Food (19%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Health care (20%)
- Food (13%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Printing and related support activities (7%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Food processing workers (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (7%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (9%)
- Food processing workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Art and design workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- Norwegian (37.9%)
- German (34.5%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- United States or American (8.0%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- French Canadian (2.3%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 27 (63%)
- Carpooled: 9 (21%)
- Walked: 3 (7%)
- Worked at home: 4 (9%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (48%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Utility gas (7%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
- Coal or coke (7%)
97.5% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 93- In family households: 93 (28 male householders, 0 female householders)
30 spouses, 35 children (34 natural, 1 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: 9 2-persons, 7 3-persons, 4 4-persons, 8 5-persons,
106 married couples with children.
29 single-parent households (8 men, 21 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: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |