Monroe township, Butler County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (81% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 3.3% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
57% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 63% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 29% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 809
- Northeast: 52
- Midwest: 125
- South: 514
- West: 177
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
54 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 509
- Two: 4
- 5 to 9: 9
- Mobile homes: 217
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1
Median worth of mobile homes: $30,600
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 176 (14 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 91
- Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (13%)
- Construction (13%)
- Apparel (9%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Apparel (17%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Health care (11%)
- Public administration (8%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (11%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Construction laborers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (13%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Other financial specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (29.1%)
- English (17.1%)
- German (11.2%)
- Irish (11.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.9%)
- French (except Basque) (2.2%)
- Dutch (1.4%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (44%)
- Canada (33%)
- Other Australian and New Zealand Subregion (15%)
- South Africa (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 622 (80%)
- Carpooled: 111 (14%)
- Walked: 22 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (35%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (34%)
- Wood (20%)
- Utility gas (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%)
54 people in nursing homes
98.6% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,742- In family households: 1,547 (400 male householders, 103 female householders)
425 spouses, 543 children (455 natural, 14 adopted, 74 stepchildren), 21 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 18 parents, 14 other relatives, 23 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 195 (79 male householders (70 living alone)), 97 female householders (87 living alone)), 19 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 242 2-persons, 100 3-persons, 108 4-persons, 44 5-persons, 9 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 157 1-person, 19 2-persons,
318 married couples with children.
57 single-parent households (11 men, 46 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 2.5% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 3.5% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |