Monroe township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (PA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 2 (77% naturalized citizens)
| Monroe township: | 1.5% |
| Whole state: | 4.1% |
72% of Monroe township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Pennsylvania.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 3439
- Northeast: 246
- Midwest: 64
- South: 128
- West: 61
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $37,900
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 4.5%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.2% of all households
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,420
- One, attached: 91
- Two: 33
- 5 to 9: 37
- Mobile homes: 191
Median worth of mobile homes: $19,200
Housing units in Monroe township with a mortgage: 790 (71 second mortgage, 136 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 409
- Furniture and related product manufacturing (11%)
- Educational services (11%)
- Construction (7%)
- Public administration (7%)
- Wood products (7%)
- Health care (7%)
- Food and beverage stores (5%)
- Educational services (18%)
- Health care (18%)
- Department and other general merchandise stores (12%)
- Accommodation and food services (6%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Real estate and rental and leasing (4%)
- Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
- Laborers and material movers, hand (6%)
- Law enforcement workers including supervisors (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
- Top executives (4%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (9%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
- Retail sales workers except cashiers (5%)
- Counselors, social workers, and other community and social service specialists (5%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Monroe township:
- German (45.5%)
- United States or American (14.1%)
- English (8.3%)
- Polish (5.6%)
- Irish (4.7%)
- Dutch (3.4%)
- Italian (3.3%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Germany (35%)
- Italy (27%)
- United Kingdom (15%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (11%)
- Australia (11%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,817 (89%)
- Carpooled: 124 (6%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 16 (1%)
- Walked: 21 (1%)
- Other means: 19 (1%)
- Worked at home: 43 (2%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Electricity (46%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
- Utility gas (15%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
- Coal or coke (5%)
- Wood (2%)
3 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
95.4% of residents of Monroe township speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 24% speak English well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 4,009- In family households: 3,536 (1,036 male householders, 180 female householders)
1,004 spouses, 1,164 children (1,090 natural, 31 adopted, 43 stepchildren), 19 grandchildren, 19 brothers or sisters, 50 parents, 32 other relatives, 32 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 473 (169 male householders (129 living alone)), 245 female householders (224 living alone)), 59 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 3 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 594 2-persons, 287 3-persons, 233 4-persons, 78 5-persons, 24 6-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 353 1-person, 59 2-persons, 2 5-persons,
748 married couples with children.
102 single-parent households (34 men, 68 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0
| Here: | 0.0% |
| Pennsylvania: | 16.0% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 11
| Here: | 4.1% |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 33
| Here: | 35.9% |
| Pennsylvania: | 37.3% |