Maquoketa vs Miles

A side-by-side comparison of Maquoketa and Miles: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maquoketa has the higher population (6,105 vs 392 in Miles). Miles has the higher median household income ($67,750 vs $56,039 in Maquoketa). Maquoketa has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $125,900 in Miles).

Population, income & housing

	Maquoketa	Miles
Population	6,105	392
Median age	40.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$56,039	$67,750
Median home value	$126,800	$125,900
Median gross rent	$745	$731
Housing units	2,872	207
Homeownership rate	68.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maquoketa	Miles
Population	6,010 → 6,105 (+1.6%)	422 → 392 (-7.1%)
Median household income	$44,610 → $56,039 (+25.6%)	$57,917 → $67,750 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $126,800 (+39.8%)	$120,800 → $125,900 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $745 (+24.2%)	$468 → $731 (+56.2%)

Maquoketa

Population

6,0106,105

Median household income

$44,610$56,039

Median home value

$90,700$126,800

Median gross rent

$600$745

Miles

Population

422392

Median household income

$57,917$67,750

Median home value

$120,800$125,900

Median gross rent

$468$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maquoketa	Miles
Under 5	6.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	12.5%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.1%
75 and over	11.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maquoketa	Miles
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maquoketa	Miles
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maquoketa	Miles
Drove alone	78.4%	83.6%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	5.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maquoketa	Miles
1-unit, detached	74.0%	89.9%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.3%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maquoketa	Miles
Poverty rate	16.1%	13.5%
Average household size	2.21	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1963	1954