Monroe township, Benton County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Land area: 36.3 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population: 259 (all rural)
| Males: 134 |  (51.7%) |
| Females: 125 |  (48.3%) |
Occupied houses/apartments: 259 (161 owner occupied, 98 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 38% |
| State: | 28% |
Races in Monroe township:
- White Non-Hispanic: 99.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native: 0.4%
Median age of males: 33.9
Median age of females: 33.3
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Average household size: 2.94
| Monroe township: | 2.9 people |
| Iowa: | 2.5 people |
Average family size: 3.37
| Monroe township: | $56,430 |
| Iowa: | $52,229 |
| Here: | $452 |
| State: | $554 |
Estimated median house or condo value in 2013: $134,251 (it was $85,800 in 2000)
| : | $134,251 |
| Iowa: | $126,900 |
| Population density: 7 people per square mile | (very low). |
| This township: | 15.2% |
| Whole state: | 9.1% |
| This township: | 15.2% |
| Whole state: | 3.8% |
Notable locations in this township outside city limits:
Cemeteries: Ramthun Cemetery (1), Saint Joseph Cemetery (2), Gnagy Cemetery (3), Urmy Cemetery (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
53% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 35% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 100% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 251
- Northeast: 0
- Midwest: 37
- South: 8
- West: 0
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
No gay or lesbian households reported
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 84
- 3 or 4: 7
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 16 (5 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 13
- Public administration (20%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (11%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (10%)
- Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (10%)
- Construction (8%)
- Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers (6%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (6%)
- Health care (27%)
- Educational services (8%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
- Accommodation and food services (7%)
- Public administration (5%)
- Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations (5%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (11%)
- Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (10%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (10%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (6%)
- Drafters, engineering, and mapping technicians (6%)
- Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (6%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (9%)
- Cashiers (9%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (8%)
- Registered nurses (7%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (7%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Health technologists and technicians (5%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (63.0%)
- Norwegian (17.5%)
- United States or American (9.0%)
- Czech (2.1%)
- English (2.1%)
- Scandinavian (2.1%)
- Scotch-Irish (2.1%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 80 (68%)
- Carpooled: 9 (8%)
- Other means: 6 (5%)
- Worked at home: 22 (19%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (12%)
- Utility gas (5%)
95.0% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
1.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 296- In family households: 287 (70 male householders, 4 female householders)
64 spouses, 120 children (116 natural, 0 adopted, 4 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 4 other relatives, 6 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9 (9 male householders (9 living alone)), 0 female householders (0 living alone)), 0 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 26 2-persons, 15 3-persons, 9 4-persons, 14 5-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 9 1-person,
67 married couples with children.
7 single-parent households (5 men, 2 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4
| Here: | 28.6% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |