Monroe township, Shelby County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 3 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 2.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
62% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 229
- Northeast: 2
- Midwest: 32
- South: 3
- West: 3
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.9%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 101
- Mobile homes: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $107,500
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 23 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12
- Transportation equipment (16%)
- Wood products (9%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Construction (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (5%)
- Educational services (21%)
- Health care (13%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (7%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (7%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (10%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (9%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (44.9%)
- Danish (29.2%)
- English (6.5%)
- French (except Basque) (4.6%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- Italian (2.3%)
- United States or American (1.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (71%)
- Germany (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 130 (77%)
- Carpooled: 15 (9%)
- Walked: 5 (3%)
- Worked at home: 19 (11%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (65%)
- Electricity (19%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (11%)
- Utility gas (3%)
- Other fuel (2%)
99.2% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 278- In family households: 258 (73 male householders, 14 female householders)
80 spouses, 88 children (81 natural, 7 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 1 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 other relatives, 2 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 20 (14 male householders (12 living alone)), 4 female householders (4 living alone)), 2 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 43 2-persons, 23 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 10 5-persons, 3 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 16 1-person, 2 2-persons,
63 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): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
| Here: | 15.4% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |