Benton township, Franklin County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (44% naturalized citizens)
Benton township: | 0.7% |
Whole state: | 12.3% |
58% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 52% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 6749
- Northeast: 139
- Midwest: 572
- South: 600
- West: 209
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $44,100
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
235 people in nursing homes
56 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 3,190
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 167
- 3 or 4: 133
- 5 to 9: 76
- 10 to 19: 21
- 50 or more: 7
- Mobile homes: 299
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $27,500
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 1,076 (33 second mortgage, 112 home equity loan, 13 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,157
- Construction (8%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Transportation equipment (6%)
- Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (18%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Accommodation and food services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- United States or American (22.9%)
- German (19.2%)
- English (19.0%)
- Irish (10.2%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- Polish (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (44%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (19%)
- Greece (12%)
- Italy (12%)
- Germany (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,719 (83%)
- Carpooled: 368 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 101 (3%)
- Other means: 10 (0%)
- Worked at home: 95 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (57%)
- Electricity (36%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Wood (2%)
235 people in nursing homes
56 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
98.2% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
1.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 16% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,082- In family households: 6,730 (1,804 male householders, 473 female householders)
1,854 spouses, 2,273 children (1,935 natural, 65 adopted, 273 stepchildren), 108 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 40 parents, 91 other relatives, 82 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,352 (428 male householders (347 living alone)), 780 female householders (750 living alone)), 144 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 292 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 1,152 2-persons, 507 3-persons, 415 4-persons, 134 5-persons, 37 6-persons, 32 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 1,097 1-person, 89 2-persons, 16 3-persons, 6 4-persons,
1,300 married couples with children.
526 single-parent households (122 men, 404 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 6
Here: | 0.7% |
Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 23
Here: | 7.1% |
Illinois: | 25.8% |