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Vernon township, Dubuque County, IA

4,028 Population
36.1 square miles 111.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Dubuque County: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$45,294 ±$6,040 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Dubuque County: $40,624 ±$1,148
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$116,528 ±$13,694 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dubuque County: $75,919 ±$2,773
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

9.7% ±7% (390  ±287) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Dubuque County: 9.4% † 8,982 (±1.1% / ±1,062)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

19.2 minutes ±0.7 (35,615  ±5,985) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dubuque County: 17.1 774,290 (±0.5 / ±31,043)
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

1,377 ±164 Number of households
  • Dubuque County: 40,585 ±352
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.9 ±0.2 (4,022  ±530) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Dubuque County: 2.3 94,881 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

2% ±1.2% (16  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Dubuque County: 5.9% † 1,266 (±1.3% / ±271)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

1,461 ±183 Number of housing units
  • Dubuque County: 43,003 ±79
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$349,000 ±$17,101 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dubuque County: $226,100 ±$4,218
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

6.3% ±3.5% (251  ±145.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dubuque County: 10.9% 10,691 (±1% / ±976.1)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

95.1% ±3.9% (2,370  ±274.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dubuque County: 94.1% 62,617 (±2.2% / ±1,452.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.2% 1,995,357 (±0.4% / ±9,537.1)
37.7% ±3.7% (939  ±136.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dubuque County: 32.9% 21,875 (±1.2% / ±832)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 30.9% 660,619 (±0.3% / ±6,087.5)

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

0.6% ±0.6% (25  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Dubuque County: 3.3% 3,228
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

7.6% ±2.8% (208  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dubuque County: 6.2% 4,759 (±0.5% / ±399)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
208 Total veterans ±80 193 Male ±76 15 Female ±24

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