Dubuque vs Dyersville

A side-by-side comparison of Dubuque and Dyersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Dubuque and Dyersville are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Dubuque has the higher population (59,271 vs 4,357 in Dyersville). Dyersville has the higher median household income ($72,768 vs $64,985 in Dubuque). Dyersville has the higher median home value ($219,800 vs $193,100 in Dubuque).

Population, income & housing

	Dubuque	Dyersville
Population	59,271	4,357
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$64,985	$72,768
Median home value	$193,100	$219,800
Median gross rent	$943	$1,036
Housing units	27,629	1,872
Homeownership rate	64.8%	82.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dubuque	Dyersville
Population	58,196 → 59,271 (+1.8%)	4,130 → 4,357 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$54,234 → $64,985 (+19.8%)	$61,400 → $72,768 (+18.5%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $193,100 (+34.6%)	$159,200 → $219,800 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $943 (+19.2%)	$733 → $1,036 (+41.3%)

Dubuque

Population

58,19659,271

Median household income

$54,234$64,985

Median home value

$143,500$193,100

Median gross rent

$791$943

Dyersville

Population

4,1304,357

Median household income

$61,400$72,768

Median home value

$159,200$219,800

Median gross rent

$733$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dubuque	Dyersville
Under 5	5.8%	6.8%
5 to 17	13.9%	17.1%
18 to 24	12.5%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.8%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	7.4%
75 and over	9.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dubuque	Dyersville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	92.4%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dubuque	Dyersville
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	31.4%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dubuque	Dyersville
Drove alone	75.3%	84.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.4%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	6.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dubuque	Dyersville
1-unit, detached	61.8%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	4.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	4.7%
20 or more units	8.8%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dubuque	Dyersville
Poverty rate	12.2%	4.5%
Average household size	2.15	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1962	1969