Dubuque vs Peosta

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

Dubuque and Peosta 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 1,922 in Peosta). Peosta has the higher median household income ($120,375 vs $64,985 in Dubuque). Peosta has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $193,100 in Dubuque).

Population, income & housing

	Dubuque	Peosta
Population	59,271	1,922
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,985	$120,375
Median home value	$193,100	$304,600
Median gross rent	$943	$1,031
Housing units	27,629	717
Homeownership rate	64.8%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dubuque	Peosta
Population	58,196 → 59,271 (+1.8%)	1,910 → 1,922 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$54,234 → $64,985 (+19.8%)	$91,563 → $120,375 (+31.5%)
Median home value	$143,500 → $193,100 (+34.6%)	$231,600 → $304,600 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$791 → $943 (+19.2%)	$560 → $1,031 (+84.1%)

Dubuque

Population

58,19659,271

Median household income

$54,234$64,985

Median home value

$143,500$193,100

Median gross rent

$791$943

Peosta

Population

1,9101,922

Median household income

$91,563$120,375

Median home value

$231,600$304,600

Median gross rent

$560$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dubuque	Peosta
Under 5	5.8%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	29.5%
18 to 24	12.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	7.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	18.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	8.0%
65 to 74	11.3%	5.6%
75 and over	9.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dubuque	Peosta
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	93.8%
Black or African American	4.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dubuque	Peosta
No high school diploma	6.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	31.4%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dubuque	Peosta
Drove alone	75.3%	77.2%
Carpooled	7.2%	8.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.9%	12.7%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dubuque	Peosta
1-unit, detached	61.8%	82.1%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	3.2%
20 or more units	8.8%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Dubuque	Peosta
Poverty rate	12.2%	3.6%
Average household size	2.15	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	15	18
Median year structure built	1962	2006