North Benton township, Polk County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (0% naturalized citizens)
North Benton township: | 0.3% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
55% of North Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 404
- Northeast: 23
- Midwest: 68
- South: 29
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $27,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 0.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 149
- Mobile homes: 74
Median worth of mobile homes: $33,300
Housing units in North Benton township with a mortgage: 17 (1 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (18%)
- Construction (14%)
- Truck transportation (6%)
- Wood products (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Social assistance (7%)
- Apparel (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (8%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Agricultural workers including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in North Benton township:
- United States or American (37.6%)
- English (16.6%)
- German (13.4%)
- Irish (6.3%)
- Scottish (2.6%)
- European (2.4%)
- Italian (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Philippines (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 175 (73%)
- Carpooled: 39 (16%)
- Other means: 1 (0%)
- Worked at home: 24 (10%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Wood (11%)
- No fuel used (2%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
95.9% of residents of North Benton township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 581- In family households: 525 (135 male householders, 22 female householders)
130 spouses, 202 children (162 natural, 3 adopted, 37 stepchildren), 20 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 2 parents, 4 other relatives, 4 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 56 (29 male householders (24 living alone)), 16 female householders (16 living alone)), 11 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 55 2-persons, 29 3-persons, 43 4-persons, 15 5-persons, 15 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 40 1-person, 3 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
131 married couples with children.
22 single-parent households (5 men, 17 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 6.7% |
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: 4
Here: | 33.3% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |