Monroe Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania

Monroe Township
Monroe Township
Township
	Lake and mountains in Monroe Township
	Location of Pennsylvania in the United States
	Coordinates: 41°25′00″N 76°00′59″W / 41.41667°N 76.01639°W
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Wyoming
Area
• Total	21.27 sq mi (55.10 km2)
• Land	21.19 sq mi (54.88 km2)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.22 km2)
Elevation	1,155 ft (352 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,665
• Estimate (2021)	1,660
• Density	75.70/sq mi (29.23/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	570
FIPS code	42-131-50496

Monroe Township is a township that is located in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,665 at the time of the 2020 census.^[2]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.3 square miles (55 km²), of which 21.2 square miles (55 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (0.47%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2010	1,652		—
2020	1,665		0.8%
2021 (est.)	1,660	^[2]	−0.3%
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

As of the census^[4] of 2010, there were 1,652 people, 674 households, and 466 families residing in the township.

The population density was 77.9 inhabitants per square mile (30.1/km²). There were 732 housing units at an average density of 34.5 units per square mile (13.3 units/km²).

The racial makeup of the township was 98.4% White, 0.7% African American, 0.2% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1% of the population.

There were 674 households, out of which 28.2% had children under the age of eighteen living with them; 51.6% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.9% were non-families. while 25.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was sixty-five years of age or older.

The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.86.

Within the township, the population was spread out, with 20.4% of residents who were under the age of eighteen, 63.7% who were aged eighteen to sixty-four, and 15.9% who were sixty-five years of age or older. The median age was forty-three years.

The median income for a household in the township was $43,625, and the median income for a family was $50,263. Males had a median income of $43,482 compared with that of $30,236 for females.

The per capita income for the township was $23,421.

Approximately 6.4% of families and 9% of the population were living below the poverty line, including 12.8% of those who were under the age of eighteen and 12.3% of those who were aged sixty-five or older.