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Monroe township, Putnam County, IN

1,527 Population
34.6 square miles 44.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.2 ±17.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Putnam County: 38.4 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Indiana: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,593 ±$7,273 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Putnam County: $34,784 ±$1,507
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $38,351 ±$197
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$82,083 ±$24,287 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Putnam County: $78,378 ±$6,390
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $71,957 ±$352
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±3.9% (108  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Putnam County: 8.7% † 2,846 (±1.6% / ±521)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.3% 821,528 (±0.2% / ±13,330)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.2 minutes ±5.8 (22,130  ±7,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Putnam County: 27.5 402,470 (±1.3 / ±25,654)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Indiana: 24.1 70,277,840 (±0.1 / ±387,394)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

688 ±99 Number of households
  • Putnam County: 14,142 ±267
  • Indiana: 2,716,009 ±6,039
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.5 (1,527  ±216) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Putnam County: 2.3 32,858 (±0.1 / ±193)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Indiana: 2.5 6,671,685
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±4.2% (13  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Putnam County: 2.9% † 229 (±1.3% / ±100)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 5.4% 85,809 (±0.2% / ±2,404)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

735 ±110 Number of housing units
  • Putnam County: 15,268 ±89
  • Indiana: 2,976,568 ±617
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$236,700 ±$34,728 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Putnam County: $218,900 ±$9,627
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Indiana: $218,200 ±$739
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±3.6% (115  ±57.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Putnam County: 9.9% † 3,657 (±1.4% / ±523.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 12.7% 860,071 (±0.2% / ±12,028.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±9.9% (1,040  ±191.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Putnam County: 92.6% 23,559 (±3.9% / ±996.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Indiana: 90.4% 4,153,503 (±0.4% / ±16,066.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.3% ±9% (197  ±105.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Putnam County: 20.2% 5,146 (±1.9% / ±479.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Indiana: 29.5% 1,354,639 (±0.2% / ±9,464)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±1.2% (9  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Putnam County: 2.4% 887
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 431,255
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

10.9% ±6% (135  ±76) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Putnam County: 8.4% † 2,525 (±1.2% / ±372)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Indiana: 6.3% 328,414 (±0.1% / ±4,168)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
135 Total veterans ±76 130 Male ±76 5 Female ±8

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