Monroe township, Ogle County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (100% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 1.3% |
| Whole state: | 12.3% |
65% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 81% lived in Illinois.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1282
- Northeast: 15
- Midwest: 215
- South: 71
- West: 22
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 5.0%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 565
- 3 or 4: 11
- 5 to 9: 8
- Mobile homes: 13
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 252 (14 second mortgage, 39 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 163
- Construction (11%)
- Transportation equipment (9%)
- Motor vehicle and parts dealers (9%)
- Educational services (9%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (8%)
- Broadcasting, internet publishing, and telecommunications services (6%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (6%)
- Educational services (17%)
- Health care (12%)
- Finance and insurance (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Personal and laundry services (6%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (6%)
- U. S. Postal service (5%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (9%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
- Engineers (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (10%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (9%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (8%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Personal appearance workers (6%)
- Financial clerks except bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (5%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (38.1%)
- English (11.5%)
- Norwegian (9.6%)
- Swedish (9.0%)
- Italian (5.9%)
- United States or American (5.6%)
- Irish (4.9%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Greece (50%)
- Peru (50%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 737 (84%)
- Carpooled: 96 (11%)
- Other means: 9 (1%)
- Worked at home: 33 (4%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (56%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (26%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (4%)
94.7% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
4.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (79% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 15% speak English not well).
1.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (20% speak English very well, 50% speak English well, 30% speak English not well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,628- In family households: 1,461 (391 male householders, 66 female householders)
407 spouses, 519 children (479 natural, 0 adopted, 40 stepchildren), 17 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 15 parents, 7 other relatives, 39 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 167 (80 male householders (55 living alone)), 53 female householders (48 living alone)), 34 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 158 2-persons, 90 3-persons, 139 4-persons, 50 5-persons, 20 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 103 1-person, 24 2-persons, 6 3-persons,
362 married couples with children.
61 single-parent households (13 men, 48 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 13.4% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Illinois: | 11.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 7
| Here: | 8.9% |
| Illinois: | 25.8% |