Monroe township, Guilford County, North Carolina (NC) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (29% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 1.6% |
| Whole state: | 5.3% |
60% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 55% lived in North Carolina.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 7816
- Northeast: 699
- Midwest: 306
- South: 1108
- West: 98
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $153,400
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.4%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,874
- One, attached: 15
- Two: 30
- 3 or 4: 40
- 5 to 9: 138
- Mobile homes: 1,175
Median worth of mobile homes: $23,100
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 1,736 (160 second mortgage, 422 home equity loan, 25 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 575
- Construction (17%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Educational services (4%)
- Textile mills and textile products (4%)
- Metal and metal products (4%)
- Repair and maintenance (4%)
- Truck transportation (3%)
- Educational services (14%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (11%)
- Public administration (6%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (5%)
- Accommodation and food services (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (4%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (3%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Customer service representatives (4%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (3%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- United States or American (27.7%)
- English (9.5%)
- German (8.1%)
- Irish (6.4%)
- Scotch-Irish (3.2%)
- European (1.6%)
- African (1.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Vietnam (36%)
- Mexico (21%)
- Germany (16%)
- United Kingdom (9%)
- Peru (7%)
- Cuba (6%)
- Italy (4%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 4,271 (82%)
- Carpooled: 754 (15%)
- Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
- Walked: 25 (0%)
- Other means: 26 (1%)
- Worked at home: 84 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (56%)
- Utility gas (17%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (15%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%)
- Wood (3%)
- Other fuel (1%)
96.3% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
2.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% speak English well, 60% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 10,216- In family households: 9,078 (2,131 male householders, 853 female householders)
2,258 spouses, 3,206 children (2,982 natural, 63 adopted, 161 stepchildren), 211 grandchildren, 64 brothers or sisters, 63 parents, 109 other relatives, 183 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 1,138 (524 male householders (402 living alone)), 425 female householders (365 living alone)), 189 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,244 2-persons, 840 3-persons, 611 4-persons, 196 5-persons, 38 6-persons, 55 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 767 1-person, 169 2-persons, 3 3-persons, 10 4-persons,
1,839 married couples with children.
532 single-parent households (126 men, 406 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 111
| Here: | 9.2% |
| North Carolina: | 8.2% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 26
| Here: | 4.5% |
| North Carolina: | 6.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 32
| Here: | 12.1% |
| North Carolina: | 20.2% |