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Peru township, Dubuque County, IA

1,483 Population
25 square miles 59.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±6.1 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Dubuque County: 39.1 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$61,836 ±$17,260 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Dubuque County: $41,404 ±$1,101
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,695 ±$10,508 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Dubuque County: $77,630 ±$2,303
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.4% ±7.6% (124  ±115) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dubuque County: 9.7% † 9,200 (±1.1% / ±1,001)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24 minutes ±9.9 (16,985  ±4,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Dubuque County: 16.7 741,645 (±0.6 / ±30,420)
  • 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

613 ±88 Number of households
  • Dubuque County: 40,989 ±363
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (1,483  ±257) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Dubuque County: 2.3 94,867 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.7% ±9.3% (19  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Dubuque County: 6.4% † 1,372 (±1.2% / ±261)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

613 ±88 Number of housing units
  • Dubuque County: 43,288 ±88
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$280,900 ±$84,596 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Dubuque County: $237,300 ±$4,972
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.8% ±4.8% (70  ±71.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Dubuque County: 10.3% 10,079 (±1% / ±962.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94% ±5.3% (1,090  ±165.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dubuque County: 93.9% 62,937 (±2.1% / ±1,446.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
27.4% ±6.2% (318  ±85) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dubuque County: 33.4% 22,362 (±1.3% / ±868.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about three-quarters of 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

2.6% ±3.9% (38  ±58) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Dubuque County: 3.3% 3,252
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3% ±1.6% (37  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Dubuque County: 5.9% 4,555 (±0.5% / ±401)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
37 Total veterans ±21 37 Male ±21 N/A Female ±10

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