Benton Township, Lake County, Illinois

Geography

According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Benton Township has a total area of 14.52 sqmi, of which 14.16 sqmi (or 97.53%) is land and 0.36 sqmi (or 2.47%) is water. Lakes in this township include Sand Pond. The streams of Bull Creek and Dead River run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Beach Park
• Winthrop Harbor

Adjacent townships

• Pleasant Prairie Township (north)
• Bristol Township (northwest)
• Zion Township (center)
• Newport Township (west)
• Waukegan Township (south)
• Warren Township (southwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains nine cemeteries: Benton Greenwood, Briggs Family, Buffalo Grove Catholic, Catholic, Colchester, County Line, Cranberry Lake, Pineview and Rosecrans.

Major highways

• Illinois Route 137

Airports and landing strips

• Waukegan Regional Airport

Demographics

As of the 2020 census there were 19,082 people, 7,140 households, and 5,246 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,314.46 PD/sqmi. There were 7,432 housing units at an average density of 511.95 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the township was 56.54% White, 9.70% African American, 1.17% Native American, 2.60% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 15.51% from other races, and 14.44% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31.55% of the population.

There were 7,140 households, out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.29% were married couples living together, 10.03% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 26.53% were non-families. 21.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.12.

The township's age distribution consisted of 22.7% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 104.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.5 males.

The median income for a household in the township was $72,875, and the median income for a family was $78,452. Males had a median income of $50,355 versus $35,497 for females. The per capita income for the township was $33,965. About 4.9% of families and 6.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 4.1% of those age 65 or over.

References

• U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

References

1. "Explore Census Data".
2. US Census Bureau. "Gazetteer Files".
3. "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov.