Monroe township, Linn County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (49% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 0.4% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
55% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 82% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 168
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 16
- South: 79
- West: 16
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.2%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
57 people in nursing homes
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 62
- Mobile homes: 95
Median worth of mobile homes: $15,600
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 28 (0 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Construction (13%)
- Computer and electronic products (9%)
- Transportation equipment (7%)
- Finance and insurance (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Food (4%)
- Health care (14%)
- Educational services (10%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (8%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (5%)
- Computer and electronic products (4%)
- Engineers (7%)
- Computer specialists (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Customer service representatives (5%)
- Accountants and auditors (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (47.9%)
- German (8.4%)
- English (7.9%)
- Irish (5.1%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (42%)
- Germany (40%)
- El Salvador (18%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 86 (65%)
- Carpooled: 47 (35%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (62%)
- Electricity (26%)
- Utility gas (12%)
57 people in nursing homes
11 people in homes for the mentally retarded
85.5% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
14.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (23% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 19% don't speak English at all).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 324- In family households: 284 (85 male householders, 0 female householders)
74 spouses, 103 children (95 natural, 8 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 4 grandchildren, 3 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 11 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 40 (12 male householders (6 living alone)), 20 female householders (20 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 25 2-persons, 21 3-persons, 30 4-persons, 4 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 26 1-person, 6 2-persons,
2,525 married couples with children.
510 single-parent households (129 men, 381 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |