Maquoketa vs Sabula

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

Maquoketa and Sabula 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 543 in Sabula). Sabula has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $56,039 in Maquoketa). Maquoketa has the higher median home value ($126,800 vs $116,300 in Sabula).

Population, income & housing

	Maquoketa	Sabula
Population	6,105	543
Median age	40.1 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,039	$60,417
Median home value	$126,800	$116,300
Median gross rent	$745	$955
Housing units	2,872	297
Homeownership rate	68.4%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	5.1%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maquoketa	Sabula
Population	6,010 → 6,105 (+1.6%)	491 → 543 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$44,610 → $56,039 (+25.6%)	$46,484 → $60,417 (+30.0%)
Median home value	$90,700 → $126,800 (+39.8%)	$86,500 → $116,300 (+34.5%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $745 (+24.2%)	$625 → $955 (+52.8%)

Maquoketa

Population

6,0106,105

Median household income

$44,610$56,039

Median home value

$90,700$126,800

Median gross rent

$600$745

Sabula

Population

491543

Median household income

$46,484$60,417

Median home value

$86,500$116,300

Median gross rent

$625$955

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maquoketa	Sabula
Under 5	6.7%	0.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	9.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	10.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	15.1%
75 and over	11.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maquoketa	Sabula
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	97.1%
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%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maquoketa	Sabula
No high school diploma	4.1%	12.1%
High school graduate	42.7%	53.6%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maquoketa	Sabula
Drove alone	78.4%	84.7%
Carpooled	10.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maquoketa	Sabula
1-unit, detached	74.0%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	5.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	9.1%

Poverty & households

	Maquoketa	Sabula
Poverty rate	16.1%	9.2%
Average household size	2.21	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1963	1951