Monroe township, Allen County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (20% naturalized citizens)
Monroe township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 3.1% |
68% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 77% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 59% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1672
- Northeast: 14
- Midwest: 189
- South: 55
- West: 6
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $70,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.8%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 621
- One, attached: 10
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 2
- 10 to 19: 2
- 20 to 49: 10
- Mobile homes: 112
Median worth of mobile homes: $9,999
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 301 (29 second mortgage, 56 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 160
- Construction (13%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Metal and metal products (10%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (6%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Food (4%)
- Plastics and rubber products (3%)
- Health care (18%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Transportation equipment (11%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (9%)
- Machinery (3%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (9%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (7%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Carpenters (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
- Cashiers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (44.5%)
- United States or American (13.8%)
- Irish (10.1%)
- French (except Basque) (7.5%)
- English (6.2%)
- Scottish (2.1%)
- Italian (1.8%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (50%)
- Germany (30%)
- India (20%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 884 (88%)
- Carpooled: 71 (7%)
- Railroad: 2 (0%)
- Bicycle: 2 (0%)
- Walked: 29 (3%)
- Worked at home: 13 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Electricity (24%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
- Other fuel (1%)
4 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
97.1% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 25% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,959- In family households: 1,740 (418 male householders, 121 female householders)
471 spouses, 655 children (559 natural, 32 adopted, 64 stepchildren), 14 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 6 parents, 10 other relatives, 36 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 219 (80 male householders (61 living alone)), 107 female householders (101 living alone)), 32 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 203 2-persons, 118 3-persons, 117 4-persons, 71 5-persons, 10 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 162 1-person, 21 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
407 married couples with children.
95 single-parent households (16 men, 79 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 100
Here: | 39.8% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1
Here: | 0.9% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 13
Here: | 17.8% |
Indiana: | 23.4% |