Benton township, Osage County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (47% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 1.1% |
| Whole state: | 2.7% |
67% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% 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: 1043
- Northeast: 13
- Midwest: 79
- South: 33
- West: 26
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $10,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 532
- One, attached: 2
- 3 or 4: 14
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 100
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 2
Median worth of mobile homes: $36,300
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 69 (1 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 115
- Construction (16%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (14%)
- Repair and maintenance (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Utilities (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Health care (9%)
- Food and beverage stores (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Carpenters (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (59.7%)
- United States or American (11.7%)
- Irish (6.2%)
- English (4.1%)
- British (2.0%)
- French (except Basque) (2.0%)
- Swiss (2.0%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Korea (40%)
- Canada (20%)
- Germany (13%)
- Mexico (13%)
- Colombia (13%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 366 (67%)
- Carpooled: 120 (22%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 10 (2%)
- Other means: 6 (1%)
- Worked at home: 44 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
- Electricity (27%)
- Wood (18%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.0% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well).
1.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 40% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 33% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,218- In family households: 1,049 (276 male householders, 55 female householders)
271 spouses, 354 children (332 natural, 4 adopted, 18 stepchildren), 40 grandchildren, 7 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 9 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 169 (69 male householders (65 living alone)), 83 female householders (78 living alone)), 17 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 148 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 64 4-persons, 28 5-persons, 7 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 143 1-person, 4 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
282 married couples with children.
49 single-parent households (22 men, 27 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 7
| Here: | 4.6% |
| 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: 2
| Here: | 6.9% |
| Missouri: | 24.9% |