Benton township, Butler County, Kansas (KS)

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Benton township, KS map Land area: 36.1 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 2,211 (all rural)

Males: 1,127	(51.0%)
Females: 1,084	(49.0%)

Occupied houses/apartments: 2,211 (1,939 owner occupied, 272 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	12%
State:	31%

Races in Benton township:

White Non-Hispanic: 96.2%
Black: 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.5%
Asian: 0.2%
Two or more races: 0.9%

Median age of males: 37.5
Median age of females: 37.5

Average houshold size: 2.83
Average family size: 3.14

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Population density: 61 people per square mile

(average).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	3.0%
Whole state:	9.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This township:	0.3%
Whole state:	4.1%

Cities in this township include: Benton.

Notable locations in this township outside city limits:

Cemeteries: Benton Cemetery, Indianola Cemetery, Old Benton Cemetery.

Number of foreign born residents: 16 (100% naturalized citizens)

Benton township:	0.7%
State:	5.0%

52% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Kansas.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 1683
Northeast: 34
Midwest: 153
South: 269
West: 98

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $79,000

Benton township, Kansas satellite photo by USGS

Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 729
One, attached: 13
3 or 4: 10
10 to 19: 4
Mobile homes: 75

Median worth of mobile homes: $34,800

Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 330 (57 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 92

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 16
1995 to 1998: 161
1990 to 1994: 107
1980 to 1989: 103
1970 to 1979: 197
1960 to 1969: 74
1950 to 1959: 45
1940 to 1949: 21
1939 or earlier: 107

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Benton township, Kansas:

1 room: 10
2 rooms: 0
3 rooms: 14
4 rooms: 63
5 rooms: 127
6 rooms: 208
7 rooms: 123
8 rooms: 41
9 or more rooms: 113

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Benton township, Kansas:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 4
3 rooms: 4
4 rooms: 28
5 rooms: 15
6 rooms: 10
7 rooms: 19
8 rooms: 15
9 or more rooms: 0

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Benton township:

no bedroom: 10
1 bedroom: 30
2 bedrooms: 131
3 bedrooms: 386
4 bedrooms: 103
5 or more bedrooms: 39

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Benton township:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 8
2 bedrooms: 34
3 bedrooms: 36
4 bedrooms: 7
5 or more bedrooms: 10

Cars and other vehicles available in Benton township in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 24
1 vehicle: 69
2 vehicles: 315
3 vehicles: 171
4 vehicles: 99
5 or more vehicles: 21

Cars and other vehicles available in Benton township in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 6
1 vehicle: 19
2 vehicles: 20
3 vehicles: 33
4 vehicles: 7
5 or more vehicles: 10

Most common industries for males:

Transportation equipment (18%)
Construction (11%)
Health care (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Educational services (7%)
Repair and maintenance (7%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (24%)
Health care (21%)
Transportation equipment (11%)
Social assistance (8%)
Accommodation and food services (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)

Most common occupations for males

Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Farmers and farm managers (6%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
Carpenters (5%)
Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)

Most common occupations for females

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (10%)
Registered nurses (8%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Assemblers and fabricators (4%)
Customer service representatives (4%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:

German (24.0%)
English (17.1%)
United States or American (13.9%)
Irish (10.5%)
Italian (5.5%)
European (5.0%)
Scotch-Irish (4.1%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (100%)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 951 (83%)
Carpooled: 150 (13%)
Motorcycle: 3 (0%)
Bicycle: 4 (0%)
Other means: 2 (0%)
Worked at home: 42 (4%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (44%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
Electricity (23%)
Wood (3%)

97.7% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% speak English very well, 19% speak English well).
0.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,271

In family households: 2,124 (594 male householders, 69 female householders)
626 spouses, 744 children (652 natural, 19 adopted, 73 stepchildren), 27 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 4 parents, 18 other relatives, 26 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 147 (67 male householders (61 living alone)), 62 female householders (58 living alone)), 18 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 279 2-persons, 131 3-persons, 145 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 119 1-person, 4 2-persons, 4 3-persons, 2 4-persons.

528 married couples with children.
71 single-parent households (15 men, 56 women).

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2

Here:	0.6%
Kansas:	11.1%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 19

Here:	18.1%
Kansas:	7.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10

Here:	10.3%
Kansas:	13.8%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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