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Whitewater township, Dubuque County, IA

1,409 Population
35.6 square miles 39.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dubuque County: 39.1 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,882 ±$7,560 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dubuque County: $41,404 ±$1,101
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,417 ±$22,823 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dubuque County: $77,630 ±$2,303
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.8% ±4.1% (81  ±60) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dubuque County: 9.7% † 9,200 (±1.1% / ±1,001)
  • about half the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±2.5 (13,135  ±4,202) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Dubuque County: 16.7 741,645 (±0.6 / ±30,420)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

536 ±91 Number of households
  • Dubuque County: 40,989 ±363
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.3 (1,409  ±301) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Dubuque County: 2.3 94,867 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±6.5% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Dubuque County: 6.4% † 1,372 (±1.2% / ±261)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

536 ±91 Number of housing units
  • Dubuque County: 43,288 ±88
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,400 ±$27,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dubuque County: $237,300 ±$4,972
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.9% ±8.7% (166  ±126.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dubuque County: 10.3% 10,079 (±1% / ±962.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.2% ±24% (896  ±141.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dubuque County: 93.9% 62,937 (±2.1% / ±1,446.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24% ±6.9% (223  ±77.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Dubuque County: 33.4% 22,362 (±1.3% / ±868.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

1.5% ±1.3% (21  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Dubuque County: 3.3% 3,252
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.1% ±1.9% (32  ±20) 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)
32 Total veterans ±20 32 Male ±20 N/A Female ±10

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