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Benton township, Fremont County, IA

257 Population
44.4 square miles 5.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

61.5 ±20.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Fremont County: 46.8 ±0.9
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,903 ±$16,443 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Fremont County: $42,556 † ±$4,483
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,766 ±$56,190 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fremont County: $71,621 ±$5,642
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

23.4 minutes ±6.1 (1,800  ±934) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Fremont County: 22.3 62,710 (±1.2 / ±4,486)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

152 ±44 Number of households
  • Fremont County: 2,823 ±75
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.7 ±0.6 (257  ±59) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Fremont County: 2.3 6,400 (±0.1 / ±23)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

152 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Fremont County: 3,125 ±26
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$164,000 ±$85,660 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Fremont County: $154,400 ±$13,133
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.8% ±14.2% (33  ±37.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Fremont County: 9.6% † 617 (±1.9% / ±123)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

83.4% ±25.8% (171  ±67.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Fremont County: 93.1% 4,390 (±4.7% / ±222.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.9% ±19.6% (51  ±42.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Fremont County: 20.8% † 980 (±2.4% / ±111.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.2% ±12.5% (34  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Fremont County: 1.6% 106
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±8.6% (13  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fremont County: 8.1% † 410 (±1.2% / ±61)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
13 Total veterans ±18 13 Male ±18 N/A Female ±10

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