Monroe township, Monroe County, Missouri (MO) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (23% naturalized citizens)
Monroe township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 2.7% |
57% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 47% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 75% lived in Missouri.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1879
- Northeast: 8
- Midwest: 403
- South: 82
- West: 38
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $43,800
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 853
- One, attached: 8
- Two: 14
- 3 or 4: 52
- 5 to 9: 32
- Mobile homes: 177
Median worth of mobile homes: $20,600
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 313 (9 second mortgage, 28 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 194
- Metal and metal products (18%)
- Construction (11%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
- Machinery (8%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Food and beverage stores (4%)
- Health care (13%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Metal and metal products (11%)
- Accommodation and food services (10%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Transportation equipment (5%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (23.7%)
- German (23.4%)
- English (13.5%)
- Irish (10.8%)
- African (2.9%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.3%)
- Dutch (0.7%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Thailand (77%)
- Taiwan (23%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 924 (80%)
- Carpooled: 124 (11%)
- Motorcycle: 4 (0%)
- Bicycle: 10 (1%)
- Walked: 44 (4%)
- Worked at home: 53 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (72%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (13%)
- Electricity (13%)
- Wood (1%)
- No fuel used (1%)
21 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
98.8% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (90% speak English very well, 10% speak English not well).
0.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% speak English very well, 57% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 50% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 2,393- In family households: 1,989 (470 male householders, 135 female householders)
470 spouses, 767 children (693 natural, 4 adopted, 70 stepchildren), 59 grandchildren, 12 brothers or sisters, 22 parents, 9 other relatives, 45 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 404 (172 male householders (150 living alone)), 186 female householders (157 living alone)), 46 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 30 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 233 2-persons, 136 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 60 5-persons, 37 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 307 1-person, 51 2-persons,
486 married couples with children.
141 single-parent households (23 men, 118 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 61
Here: | 20.2% |
Missouri: | 13.7% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 15
Here: | 7.5% |
Missouri: | 11.6% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 8
Here: | 40.0% |
Missouri: | 24.9% |