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Maquoketa township, Jackson County, IA

2,966 Population
36 square miles 82.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 44.7 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,287 ±$3,270 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Jackson County: $40,794 ±$2,644
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,234 ±$8,558 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $74,186 ±$6,396
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

17% ±7.3% (503  ±223) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jackson County: 9.7% † 1,849 (±1.8% / ±336)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±4.9 (28,410  ±7,657) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Jackson County: 24.9 200,140 (±1.7 / ±16,829)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,251 ±118 Number of households
  • Jackson County: 8,242 ±188
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (2,933  ±310) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jackson County: 2.3 19,149 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.9% ±2.5% (12  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Jackson County: 6.8% † 234 (±1.9% / ±65)
  • about one-third of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,367 ±127 Number of housing units
  • Jackson County: 9,282 ±37
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$139,400 ±$28,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Jackson County: $175,000 ±$9,493
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

17.6% ±10.7% (516  ±315.9) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Jackson County: 9% † 1,735 (±2.1% / ±406.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±7.6% (1,918  ±268.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Jackson County: 94.2% 13,008 (±4% / ±554)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
16.1% ±5.1% (336  ±114.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Jackson County: 19.5% † 2,697 (±2.1% / ±296.2)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

4.2% ±2% (97  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Jackson County: 7% † 1,049 (±0.8% / ±119)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
97 Total veterans ±47 97 Male ±47 N/A Female ±10

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