Benton township, Andrew County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (54% naturalized citizens)
Benton township: | 1.2% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
69% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 54% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 856
- Northeast: 5
- Midwest: 99
- South: 46
- West: 24
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $11,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 333
- 3 or 4: 14
- Mobile homes: 68
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 92 (10 second mortgage, 5 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 71
- Construction (18%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Machinery (6%)
- Health care (6%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (6%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Cashiers (7%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (26.9%)
- United States or American (24.9%)
- English (9.6%)
- Irish (9.4%)
- Dutch (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.7%)
- European (2.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Pakistan (46%)
- United Kingdom (23%)
- Germany (15%)
- Japan (15%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 427 (81%)
- Carpooled: 79 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 4 (1%)
- Worked at home: 17 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (51%)
- Utility gas (19%)
- Electricity (17%)
- Wood (8%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- No fuel used (1%)
96.9% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (87% speak English very well, 13% speak English well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,043- In family households: 925 (260 male householders, 42 female householders)
259 spouses, 337 children (307 natural, 5 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 7 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 1 parents, 4 other relatives, 14 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (49 male householders (33 living alone)), 40 female householders (33 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 124 2-persons, 79 3-persons, 60 4-persons, 27 5-persons, 9 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 66 1-person, 18 2-persons, 2 3-persons, 3 4-persons,
225 married couples with children.
55 single-parent households (25 men, 30 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 3
Here: | 2.6% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 2
Here: | 2.6% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
Here: | 10.5% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |