Monroe township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (18% naturalized citizens)
Monroe township: | 0.2% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
62% 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, 83% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3249
- Northeast: 40
- Midwest: 226
- South: 321
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $61,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,347
- One, attached: 24
- Two: 37
- 3 or 4: 16
- 5 to 9: 26
- 10 to 19: 12
- Mobile homes: 149
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 652 (80 second mortgage, 70 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 344
- Public administration (13%)
- Construction (11%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Truck transportation (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (10%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Computer specialists (7%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (3%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Computer specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (33.2%)
- German (22.8%)
- English (15.6%)
- Irish (9.5%)
- French (except Basque) (2.6%)
- Scotch-Irish (1.9%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (36%)
- Germany (27%)
- Other Eastern Europe (18%)
- Mexico (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,465 (83%)
- Carpooled: 164 (9%)
- Walked: 58 (3%)
- Other means: 8 (0%)
- Worked at home: 76 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (51%)
- Electricity (33%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
- Wood (2%)
4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
98.8% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 25% speak English not well).
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 10% speak English well, 17% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,828- In family households: 3,422 (893 male householders, 214 female householders)
919 spouses, 1,246 children (1,130 natural, 12 adopted, 104 stepchildren), 48 grandchildren, 16 brothers or sisters, 11 parents, 26 other relatives, 49 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 406 (116 male householders (91 living alone)), 237 female householders (214 living alone)), 53 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 72 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 469 2-persons, 268 3-persons, 228 4-persons, 119 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 1 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 305 1-person, 43 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 2 4-persons,
1,153 married couples with children.
145 single-parent households (47 men, 98 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 15
Here: | 3.2% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 5
Here: | 2.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 22
Here: | 16.1% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |