Benton township, Lucas County, Iowa (IA)

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Benton township, IA map Land area: 36.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 374 (all rural)

Males: 185	(49.5%)
Females: 189	(50.5%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 374 (343 owner occupied, 31 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	8%
State:	28%

Races in Benton township:

White Non-Hispanic: 97.1%
Black: 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.3%
Asian: 0.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Hispanic or Latino: 0.3%
Two or more races: 0.5%

Median age of males: 33.3
Median age of females: 32.9

Average houshold size: 3.09
Average family size: 3.45

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Population density: 10 people per square mile

(low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	3.6%
Whole state:	9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	2.9%
Whole state:	3.8%

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Salem Cemetery, Ragtown Cemetery.

Creeks: Sugar Creek, Wolf Creek.

Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)

Benton township:	0.3%
State:	3.1%

50% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 14% lived in Iowa.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 235
Northeast: 0
Midwest: 38
South: 0
West: 3

Benton township, Iowa satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.8% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 126
Mobile homes: 11

Median worth of mobile homes: $73,100

Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 43 (2 second mortgage, 2 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 8
1995 to 1998: 25
1990 to 1994: 8
1980 to 1989: 3
1970 to 1979: 22
1960 to 1969: 0
1950 to 1959: 12
1940 to 1949: 11
1939 or earlier: 48

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Benton township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 5
4 rooms: 2
5 rooms: 45
6 rooms: 41
7 rooms: 2
8 rooms: 5
9 or more rooms: 10

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Benton township, Iowa:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 1
4 rooms: 0
5 rooms: 6
6 rooms: 0
7 rooms: 0
8 rooms: 0
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Benton township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 2
2 bedrooms: 27
3 bedrooms: 70
4 bedrooms: 9
5 or more bedrooms: 2

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Benton township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 1
2 bedrooms: 6
3 bedrooms: 0
4 bedrooms: 0
5 or more bedrooms: 0

Cars and other vehicles available in Benton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 5
1 vehicle: 7
2 vehicles: 56
3 vehicles: 37
4 vehicles: 2
5 or more vehicles: 3

Cars and other vehicles available in Benton township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 0
1 vehicle: 0
2 vehicles: 1
3 vehicles: 6
4 vehicles: 0
5 or more vehicles: 0

Most common industries for males:

Construction (16%)
Finance and insurance (5%)
Truck transportation (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Repair and maintenance (4%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (3%)
Miscellaneous manufacturing (3%)

Most common industries for females:

Health care (13%)
Educational services (13%)
Finance and insurance (10%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Administrative and support and waste management services (4%)
Social assistance (3%)
Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (9%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (4%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Registered nurses (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:

German (29.3%)
United States or American (16.4%)
French (except Basque) (10.7%)
Pennsylvania German (10.7%)
Scotch-Irish (10.7%)
Irish (8.0%)
English (4.0%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 124 (86%)
Carpooled: 2 (1%)
Worked at home: 18 (13%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (75%)
Wood (11%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
Electricity (3%)
Utility gas (2%)

89.0% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
11.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 20% speak English not well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 277

In family households: 253 (89 male householders, 0 female householders)
95 spouses, 69 children (69 natural, 0 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 0 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 24 (17 male householders (15 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 3 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 53 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 2 4-persons, 8 5-persons, 5 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 19 1-person, 2 2-persons.

115 married couples with children.
4 single-parent households (2 men, 2 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Iowa:	7.1%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2

Here:	100.0%
Iowa:	25.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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