Benton township, Atchison County, Kansas (KS) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Benton township: | 0.1% |
| Whole state: | 5.0% |
59% of Benton township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in Kansas.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 916
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 115
- South: 13
- West: 36
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $14,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 1.9%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 387
- 3 or 4: 25
- 5 to 9: 2
- Mobile homes: 33
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,200
Housing units in Benton township with a mortgage: 98 (7 second mortgage, 7 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Construction (11%)
- Food (8%)
- Metal and metal products (8%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Educational services (27%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (11%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Construction (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Farmers and farm managers (18%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (6%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (12%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (8%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Benton township:
- German (34.9%)
- United States or American (20.0%)
- Irish (8.6%)
- English (7.3%)
- Italian (4.7%)
- European (4.3%)
- Norwegian (3.7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 417 (79%)
- Carpooled: 58 (11%)
- Walked: 14 (3%)
- Worked at home: 42 (8%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (29%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Wood (8%)
97.5% of residents of Benton township speak English at home.
2.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 54% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,083- In family households: 979 (238 male householders, 60 female householders)
255 spouses, 393 children (346 natural, 8 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 2 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 10 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 104 (55 male householders (46 living alone)), 39 female householders (37 living alone)), 10 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 146 2-persons, 42 3-persons, 56 4-persons, 33 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 83 1-person, 11 2-persons,
236 married couples with children.
38 single-parent households (3 men, 35 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 11.1% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Kansas: | 7.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 10
| Here: | 34.5% |
| Kansas: | 13.8% |