Monroe township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (43% naturalized citizens)
Monroe township: | 0.5% |
Whole state: | 4.1% |
74% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1046
- Northeast: 28
- Midwest: 28
- South: 241
- West: 17
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.1%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.8% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 529
- One, attached: 4
- Mobile homes: 132
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7
Median worth of mobile homes: $29,600
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 86 (2 second mortgage, 12 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 85
- Construction (17%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (17%)
- Truck transportation (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Machinery (5%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Accommodation and food services (24%)
- Health care (16%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Finance and insurance (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Gasoline stations (3%)
- Farmers and farm managers (11%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (9%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
- Cashiers (10%)
- Waiters and waitresses (8%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (6%)
- Registered nurses (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (40.7%)
- United States or American (26.2%)
- English (7.1%)
- Irish (6.5%)
- Italian (2.5%)
- Welsh (1.7%)
- Hungarian (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (43%)
- Turkey (29%)
- Guatemala (29%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 461 (77%)
- Carpooled: 71 (12%)
- Bicycle: 3 (1%)
- Walked: 9 (2%)
- Other means: 9 (2%)
- Worked at home: 44 (7%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%)
- Wood (27%)
- Electricity (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Coal or coke (2%)
99.4% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
0.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
0.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,372- In family households: 1,254 (366 male householders, 41 female householders)
345 spouses, 434 children (373 natural, 15 adopted, 46 stepchildren), 28 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 16 other relatives, 10 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 118 (43 male householders (34 living alone)), 59 female householders (55 living alone)), 16 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 175 2-persons, 94 3-persons, 82 4-persons, 35 5-persons, 14 6-persons, 7 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 89 1-person, 10 2-persons, 3 4-persons,
282 married couples with children.
35 single-parent households (13 men, 22 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 13
Here: | 8.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4
Here: | 4.8% |
Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 0
Here: | 0.0% |
Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |