Bennington township, Black Hawk County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Bennington township: | 1.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
78% of Bennington township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 93% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 468
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 15
- South: 3
- West: 6
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 187
- One, attached: 3
- 3 or 4: 3
- Mobile homes: 4
Median worth of mobile homes: $85,000
Housing units in Bennington township with a mortgage: 48 (4 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37
- Construction (14%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (12%)
- Office supplies and stationery stores (10%)
- Machinery (10%)
- Food (7%)
- Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (5%)
- Educational services (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (11%)
- Health care (10%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (9%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (11%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (11%)
- Farmers and farm managers (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Other food preparation and serving workers including supervisors (11%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Supervisors and other personal care and service workers except personal appearance, transportation, and child care workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Bennington township:
- German (60.9%)
- United States or American (10.8%)
- English (9.2%)
- Irish (7.1%)
- European (1.6%)
- French (except Basque) (1.6%)
- Scottish (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 203 (81%)
- Carpooled: 20 (8%)
- Walked: 10 (4%)
- Worked at home: 18 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (73%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Electricity (8%)
- Utility gas (3%)
98.1% of residents of Bennington township speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 44% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 506- In family households: 466 (146 male householders, 4 female householders)
155 spouses, 153 children (139 natural, 0 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 3 parents, 3 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (20 male householders (15 living alone)), 14 female householders (13 living alone)), 6 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 65 2-persons, 31 3-persons, 38 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 2 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 28 1-person, 6 2-persons,
114 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (5 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
| Here: | 25.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 12.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
| Here: | 34.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |