Monroe township, Fremont County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.0 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 249 (all rural)
| Males: 135 |  (54.2%) |
| Females: 114 |  (45.8%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 249 (175 owner occupied, 74 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 30% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Monroe township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 98.8%
- Asian: 0.4%
- Two or more races: 0.8%
Median age of males: 39.3
Median age of females: 44.4
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Average household size: 2.52
| Monroe township: | 2.5 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.10
| Monroe township: | $50,896 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $415 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $96,068 (it was $68,000 in 2000)
| : | $96,068 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 6.6% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 2.6% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Cities in this township include: Imogene.
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Notable location: Farmer City (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Cemeteries: Mount Calvary Cemetery (1), Monroe Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
65% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1289
- Northeast: 46
- Midwest: 274
- South: 210
- West: 53
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $350,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 1.0% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 497
- Mobile homes: 241
Median worth of mobile homes: $38,900
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 208 (13 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 102
- Construction (12%)
- Metal and metal products (7%)
- Educational services (7%)
- Machinery (7%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (7%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Health care (24%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Transportation equipment (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Printing and related support activities (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (14%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Supervisors of construction and extraction workers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers (11%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Operations specialties managers except financial managers (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (31.9%)
- English (14.2%)
- German (12.3%)
- Irish (10.5%)
- Italian (5.4%)
- French (except Basque) (3.4%)
- Scottish (3.2%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 808 (84%)
- Carpooled: 124 (13%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 28 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (54%)
- Electricity (32%)
- Wood (8%)
- Utility gas (4%)
- Other fuel (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
99.6% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,838- In family households: 1,660 (519 male householders, 59 female householders)
493 spouses, 505 children (449 natural, 17 adopted, 39 stepchildren), 22 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 31 other relatives, 19 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 178 (89 male householders (60 living alone)), 56 female householders (56 living alone)), 33 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 34 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 254 2-persons, 171 3-persons, 124 4-persons, 22 5-persons, 7 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 116 1-person, 24 2-persons, 5 3-persons,
61 married couples with children.
2 single-parent households (2 men, 0 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 9
| Here: | 8.4% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 17
| Here: | 54.8% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |