Monroe township, Knox County, Ohio (OH) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 1.7% |
| Whole state: | 3.0% |
73% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 96% lived in Ohio.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1948
- Northeast: 83
- Midwest: 50
- South: 151
- West: 28
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $131,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
People in group quarters in Monroe township, Ohio:
- 341 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 145 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 791
- One, attached: 4
- 3 or 4: 7
- 10 to 19: 14
- Mobile homes: 9
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 348 (41 second mortgage, 67 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 132
- Machinery (13%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (5%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (4%)
- Educational services (24%)
- Health care (22%)
- Social assistance (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (6%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
- Postsecondary teachers (5%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (24.4%)
- English (22.1%)
- German (20.8%)
- Irish (8.9%)
- European (2.8%)
- Welsh (2.8%)
- French (except Basque) (2.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Canada (49%)
- Germany (22%)
- Korea (17%)
- Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (12%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 813 (77%)
- Carpooled: 193 (18%)
- Walked: 7 (1%)
- Other means: 7 (1%)
- Worked at home: 34 (3%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (35%)
- Utility gas (27%)
- Electricity (20%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (10%)
- Wood (7%)
- Other fuel (1%)
People in group quarters in Monroe township, Ohio:
- 341 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
- 145 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.5% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,949- In family households: 1,786 (481 male householders, 114 female householders)
530 spouses, 620 children (585 natural, 10 adopted, 25 stepchildren), 6 grandchildren, 13 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 6 other relatives, 16 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 163 (90 male householders (68 living alone)), 46 female householders (38 living alone)), 27 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 352 (333 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 308 2-persons, 104 3-persons, 110 4-persons, 61 5-persons, 12 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 106 1-person, 30 2-persons,
351 married couples with children.
73 single-parent households (29 men, 44 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19
| Here: | 9.0% |
| Ohio: | 14.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Ohio: | 10.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 11
| Here: | 25.6% |
| Ohio: | 23.4% |