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Benton township, Ringgold County, IA

88 Population
29.3 square miles 3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.3 ±5.2 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Ringgold County: 44.5 ±0.8
  • more than 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

$46,457 ±$11,474 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ringgold County: $39,309 † ±$4,205
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$85,875 ±$38,121 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Ringgold County: $73,346 ±$6,185
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

N/A Persons below poverty line

17.3 minutes ±15.7 (830  ±464) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Ringgold County: 22.9 † 46,500 (±3.4 / ±7,743)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

47 ±20 Number of households
  • Ringgold County: 1,899 ±110
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.2 (88  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Ringgold County: 2.4 4,477 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

47 ±20 Number of housing units
  • Ringgold County: 2,678 ±21
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±18.8% (81  ±39.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ringgold County: 94% 3,037 (±6.6% / ±216.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±30.7% (21  ±26.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Ringgold County: 24.6% † 796 (±3.3% / ±105.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

3.4% ±5.5% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Ringgold County: 0.7% 34
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

18.5% ±15.2% (15  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Ringgold County: 6.4% † 229 (±1.4% / ±51)
  • more than double the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
15 Total veterans ±14 15 Male ±14 N/A Female ±10

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