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Dubuque, IA

59,174 Population
31.3 square miles 1,892.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,244 ±$1,640 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: $41,404 ±$1,101
  • a little less than the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,845 ±$2,898 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: $77,630 ±$2,303
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.7% ±1.5% (7,089  ±854) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 9.7% † 9,200 (±1.1% / ±1,001)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±0.8 (380,590  ±25,497) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 16.7 741,645 (±0.6 / ±30,420)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,131 ±381 Number of households
  • the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 40,989 ±363
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (55,324  ±143) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 2.3 94,867 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±1.5% (758  ±203) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 6.4% † 1,372 (±1.2% / ±261)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

27,832 ±308 Number of housing units
  • the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 43,288 ±88
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$204,800 ±$5,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: $237,300 ±$4,972
  • about the same as the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.4% ±1.2% (7,272  ±709.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 10.3% 10,079 (±1% / ±962.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±2.8% (37,590  ±1,191.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 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)
34% ±1.8% (13,650  ±755.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 33.4% 22,362 (±1.3% / ±868.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)
  • a little less than 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

3.9% ±0.7% (2,328  ±404) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 3.3% 3,252
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±0.6% (2,765  ±269) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Dubuque, IA Metro Area: 5.9% 4,555 (±0.5% / ±401)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,765 Total veterans ±269 2,627 Male ±258 138 Female ±81

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