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Benton township, Des Moines County, IA

909 Population
36.2 square miles 25.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Des Moines County: 42.2 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$33,357 ±$9,917 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Des Moines County: $36,246 ±$2,006
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$82,250 ±$22,836 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Des Moines County: $60,662 ±$3,525
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

12.4% ±16% (113  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Des Moines County: 14.1% † 5,354 (±2% / ±763)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

21.6 minutes ±2.5 (7,885  ±3,004) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Des Moines County: 18.6 324,555 (±1.5 / ±28,021)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

329 ±81 Number of households
  • Des Moines County: 17,188 ±312
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.8 ±0.5 (909  ±273) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Des Moines County: 2.2 37,913 (±0 / ±21)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

6.3% ±9.3% (9  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Des Moines County: 5.2% † 426 (±1.7% / ±139)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

329 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Des Moines County: 18,778 ±55
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$264,400 ±$55,337 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Des Moines County: $137,000 ±$7,131
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

15.9% ±22.4% (143  ±205.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Des Moines County: 11.7% † 4,465 (±1.7% / ±638.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.3% ±38% (568  ±154.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Des Moines County: 94% 25,328 (±3.5% / ±951.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
17.5% ±7.4% (104  ±53.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Des Moines County: 23.8% 6,425 (±1.7% / ±466.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.3% ±1.9% (12  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Des Moines County: 2.6% 1,006
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

2.8% ±2.8% (19  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Des Moines County: 8.2% † 2,478 (±1% / ±308)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
19 Total veterans ±20 19 Male ±20 N/A Female ±10

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