Monroe township, Clark County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Land area: 55.9 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.1 sq. mi.
Population: 4,688 (0% urban, 100% rural)
Males: 2,438 | (52.0%) |
Females: 2,250 | (48.0%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 4,583 (3,954 owner occupied, 629 renter occupied)
% of renters here: | 14% |
State: | 29% |
Races in Monroe township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 97.6%
- Black: 0.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.1%
- Asian: 0.1%
- Two or more races: 0.6%
- Some other race: 0.0%
Median age of males: 36.7
Median age of females: 37.5
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Average household size: 2.69
Monroe township: | 2.7 people |
Indiana: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.02
Monroe township: | $50,760 |
Indiana: | $47,529 |
Here: | $600 |
State: | $585 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $121,400 (it was $87,700 in 2000)
: | $121,400 |
Indiana: | $122,200 |
Population density: 84 people per square mile | (average). |
This township: | 28.9% |
Whole state: | 9.5% |
This township: | 11.7% |
Whole state: | 4.2% |
Cities in this township include: Henryville.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable locations in Monroe township: Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 3 (A), Monroe Township Volunteer Fire Department Station 2 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in Monroe township include: Blue Lick Church (A), Hebron Church (B), Mount Lebanon Church (C), Mount Moriah Church (D), Willys Chapel (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Zion Cemetery (1), Mountain Grove Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoirs: Country Lake (A), Schlamm Lake (B), Big Bass Lake (C), Oak Lake (D), Franke Lake (E), Pine Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Sheep Branch (A), Left Drain (B), Left Branch Blue Lick Creek (C), West Fork Silver Creek (D), Underwood Drain (E), Wrong Branch (F), Out Brook (G), Right Drain (H), Right Branch Blue Lick Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
89% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 48% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 645
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 16
- South: 21
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
97 people in state prisons
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 171
- One, attached: 8
- Mobile homes: 48
Median worth of mobile homes: $55,000
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 16 (4 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 18
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (19%)
- Wood products (17%)
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (9%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (39%)
- Plastics and rubber products (8%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Miscellaneous manufacturing (7%)
- Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores (6%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Woodworkers (19%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
- Farmers and farm managers (12%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (9%)
- Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (8%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (7%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (19%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (13%)
- Therapists (11%)
- Social scientists and related workers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (45.5%)
- United States or American (19.0%)
- Irish (12.2%)
- Scotch-Irish (6.8%)
- Italian (5.1%)
- Dutch (3.1%)
- Swiss (2.6%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 126 (51%)
- Carpooled: 36 (14%)
- Bicycle: 6 (2%)
- Walked: 19 (8%)
- Other means: 14 (6%)
- Worked at home: 48 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (54%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (18%)
- Wood (14%)
- Other fuel (9%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
97 people in state prisons
8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
57.7% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
42.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (28% speak English very well, 68% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 697- In family households: 653 (151 male householders, 20 female householders)
139 spouses, 308 children (291 natural, 11 adopted, 6 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 8 other relatives, 5 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 44 (29 male householders (29 living alone)), 15 female householders (15 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 70 2-persons, 40 3-persons, 21 4-persons, 7 5-persons, 8 6-persons, 25 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 44 1-person,
858 married couples with children.
175 single-parent households (61 men, 114 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 96
Here: | 70.1% |
Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Indiana: | 8.8% |