Benton township, Pike County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Land area: 38.6 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 1,520 (all rural)
Males: 780 | (51.3%) |
Females: 740 | (48.7%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 1,520 (1,052 owner occupied, 468 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 31% |
State: | 31% |
Races in Benton township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 95.8%
- Black: 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.5%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 1.1%
Median age of males: 33.2
Median age of females: 33.7
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Average household size: 2.80
Benton township: | 2.8 people |
Ohio: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.12
Benton township: | $39,657 |
Ohio: | $48,081 |
Here: | $460 |
State: | $569 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $93,405 (it was $68,700 in 2000)
: | $93,405 |
Ohio: | $127,000 |
Population density: 39 people per square mile | (low). |
This township: | 30.7% |
Whole state: | 10.6% |
This township: | 16.0% |
Whole state: | 4.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Benton Township Volunteer Fire Department (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Benton township include: Bond Chapel (A), Morgan Fork Chapel (B), Mount Holy Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Alderman Cemetery (1), Clayton Number 1 Cemetery (2), Clayton Number 2 Cemetery (3), Summers Cemetery (4), Edger Cemetery (5), Gardner Cemetery (6), Greenbrier Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Pike Lake (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lick Run (A), Morgan Fork (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 52% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1045
- Northeast: 61
- Midwest: 28
- South: 195
- West: 41
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 6.6%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 301
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 263
Median worth of mobile homes: $31,600
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 85 (0 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 68
- Wood products (21%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Truck transportation (10%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Health care (26%)
- Accommodation and food services (12%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (7%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (17%)
- Woodworkers (10%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Material moving workers except supervisors and laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (12%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (12%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (8%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (6%)
- Food and beverage serving workers except waiters/waitresses (6%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- United States or American (51.4%)
- German (12.4%)
- English (9.0%)
- Irish (8.8%)
- French (except Basque) (3.8%)
- Scotch-Irish (0.8%)
- Scottish (0.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 294 (63%)
- Carpooled: 145 (31%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 22 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (30%)
- Wood (16%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
99.3% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,379- In family households: 1,266 (351 male householders, 41 female householders)
340 spouses, 512 children (394 natural, 0 adopted, 118 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 113 (61 male householders (48 living alone)), 40 female householders (40 living alone)), 12 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 166 2-persons, 69 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 55 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 88 1-person, 13 2-persons,
277 married couples with children.
122 single-parent households (39 men, 83 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 11
Here: | 5.0% |
Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 15
Here: | 60.0% |
Ohio: | 23.4% |