Monroe township, Putnam County, Indiana (IN) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (0% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
61% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 87% lived in Indiana.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1203
- Northeast: 7
- Midwest: 56
- South: 108
- West: 41
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $29,200
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.7%
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
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 498
- One, attached: 7
- Two: 18
- 3 or 4: 2
- 5 to 9: 12
- Mobile homes: 71
Median worth of mobile homes: $48,300
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 243 (41 second mortgage, 11 home equity loan, 2 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 73
- Construction (23%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (5%)
- Food (5%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Truck transportation (5%)
- Educational services (16%)
- Health care (12%)
- Public administration (10%)
- Construction (7%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (6%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (8%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (7%)
- Construction laborers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
- Cashiers (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (28.7%)
- German (25.7%)
- English (17.0%)
- Irish (12.6%)
- Dutch (1.5%)
- Scottish (1.5%)
- European (1.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Mexico (58%)
- Malaysia (25%)
- Canada (17%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 474 (82%)
- Carpooled: 75 (13%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 5 (1%)
- Other means: 2 (0%)
- Worked at home: 18 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (49%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (28%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
99.2% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (13% speak English very well, 63% speak English not well, 25% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,429- In family households: 1,331 (387 male householders, 82 female householders)
368 spouses, 435 children (406 natural, 0 adopted, 29 stepchildren), 18 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 11 other relatives, 21 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 98 (24 male householders (20 living alone)), 66 female householders (61 living alone)), 8 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 260 2-persons, 72 3-persons, 88 4-persons, 41 5-persons, 5 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 81 1-person, 8 2-persons, 1 3-persons,
282 married couples with children.
69 single-parent households (18 men, 51 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 4
| Here: | 2.6% |
| Indiana: | 11.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 3.8% |
| Indiana: | 8.8% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 19
| Here: | 47.5% |
| Indiana: | 23.4% |