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Dubuque, IA

59,271 Population
31.2 square miles 1,897.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.5
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,529 ±$1,473 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: $40,624 ±$1,148
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $39,728 ±$248
$64,985 ±$3,464 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: $75,919 ±$2,773
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $73,147 ±$438

12.2% ±1.5% (6,808  ±816) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 9.4% † 8,982 (±1.1% / ±1,062)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11% 340,362 (±0.2% / ±6,363)

14.8 minutes ±0.6 (395,405  ±22,071) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 17.1 774,290 (±0.5 / ±31,043)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,378,176 (±0.1 / ±224,391)

Families

25,818 ±386 Number of households
  • the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 40,585 ±352
  • Iowa: 1,303,763 ±3,538
2.2 ±0 (55,480  ±138) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 2.3 94,881 (±0 / ±104)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,097,679

5.8% ±1.6% (772  ±215) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 5.9% † 1,266 (±1.3% / ±271)
  • a little higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.6% 40,151 (±0.2% / ±1,434)

Housing

27,629 ±326 Number of housing units
  • the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 43,003 ±79
  • Iowa: 1,427,175 ±397

$193,100 ±$5,929 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: $226,100 ±$4,218
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $195,900 ±$929

13% ±1.3% (7,598  ±772.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 10.9% 10,691 (±1% / ±976.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 13.2% 418,598 (±0.2% / ±6,426.2)

Social

93.6% ±2.7% (37,563  ±1,172.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 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)
33.6% ±1.7% (13,470  ±704.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 32.9% 21,875 (±1.2% / ±832)
  • about 10 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

4.1% ±0.6% (2,435  ±382) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 3.3% 3,228
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 182,594

6.3% ±0.6% (2,990  ±298) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 6.2% 4,759 (±0.5% / ±399)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.8% 166,552 (±0.1% / ±2,040)
2,990 Total veterans ±298 2,786 Male ±303 204 Female ±91

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