| Monroe Township | |
| Image Map1: | Pennsylvania in United States (US48).svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Pennsylvania in the United States |
| Coordinates: | 41.4167°N -76.0164°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Pennsylvania |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 55.10 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 21.27 |
| Area Land Km2: | 54.88 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 21.19 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.22 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1155 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1665 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Est: | 1660 |
| Population Density Km2: | 29.23 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 75.70 |
| Utc Offset1: | -5 |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | -4 |
| Blank Info: | 42-131-50496 |
| Blank2 Name Sec2: | Wikimedia Commons |
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]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 21.3sqmi, of which 21.2sqmi is land and 0.1sqmi (0.47%) is water.
As of the census[3] of 2010, there were 1,652 people, 674 households, and 466 families residing in the township.
The population density was 77.9sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 732 housing units at an average density of 34.5/mi2.
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.