Monroe township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 0 (100% naturalized citizens)
Monroe township: | 0.1% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
73% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 76% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1939
- Northeast: 32
- Midwest: 17
- South: 40
- West: 9
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $76,700
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
- Gay men: 0.0% of all households
47 people in nursing homes
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 614
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 20
- 3 or 4: 5
- 5 to 9: 15
- Mobile homes: 100
Median worth of mobile homes: $26,300
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 217 (24 second mortgage, 37 home equity loan, 4 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 182
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (16%)
- Construction (15%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (10%)
- Wood products (8%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Repair and maintenance (5%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (4%)
- Health care (19%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Finance and insurance (6%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Educational services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (5%)
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (4%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (10%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Woodworkers (5%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (5%)
- Farmers and farm managers (4%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
- Other healthcare support occupations (5%)
- Child care workers (4%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (4%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (59.8%)
- United States or American (16.2%)
- Swiss (4.0%)
- Dutch (3.7%)
- Irish (3.7%)
- English (3.7%)
- Italian (1.6%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Colombia (100%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 730 (76%)
- Carpooled: 145 (15%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 8 (1%)
- Walked: 31 (3%)
- Other means: 3 (0%)
- Worked at home: 46 (5%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Wood (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
- Coal or coke (3%)
47 people in nursing homes
96.8% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 31% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,994- In family households: 1,828 (520 male householders, 54 female householders)
497 spouses, 682 children (638 natural, 21 adopted, 23 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 10 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 12 other relatives, 41 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 166 (54 male householders (36 living alone)), 87 female householders (81 living alone)), 25 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 48 (all institutionalized)
Size of family households: 213 2-persons, 162 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 57 5-persons, 12 6-persons, 12 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 117 1-person, 23 2-persons, 1 4-persons,
481 married couples with children.
65 single-parent households (29 men, 36 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 32
Here: | 12.3% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 12
Here: | 9.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2
Here: | 5.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |