Monroe township, Carroll County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (30% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 1.0% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
58% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 54% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 2473
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 198
- South: 166
- West: 87
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $85,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 3.7%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
88 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 977
- One, attached: 17
- Two: 41
- 3 or 4: 59
- 5 to 9: 29
- 10 to 19: 9
- 20 to 49: 16
- Mobile homes: 79
Median worth of mobile homes: $18,100
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 501 (75 second mortgage, 89 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 255
- Construction (14%)
- Transportation equipment (13%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Food (6%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (6%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Health care (21%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Transportation equipment (3%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (28.2%)
- United States or American (26.8%)
- English (10.8%)
- Irish (7.7%)
- Scottish (2.4%)
- Dutch (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,177 (81%)
- Carpooled: 147 (10%)
- Ferryboat: 3 (0%)
- Bicycle: 3 (0%)
- Walked: 41 (3%)
- Other means: 17 (1%)
- Worked at home: 63 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (68%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
- Other fuel (1%)
88 people in nursing homes
96.1% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
3.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (64% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,897- In family households: 2,547 (641 male householders, 203 female householders)
695 spouses, 900 children (818 natural, 21 adopted, 61 stepchildren), 26 grandchildren, 8 brothers or sisters, 17 parents, 29 other relatives, 28 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 350 (132 male householders (110 living alone)), 194 female householders (189 living alone)), 24 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 88 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 409 2-persons, 165 3-persons, 163 4-persons, 69 5-persons, 23 6-persons, 15 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 299 1-person, 27 2-persons,
585 married couples with children.
138 single-parent households (36 men, 102 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 20
| Here: | 5.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 7
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3
| Here: | 4.3% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |