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Dubuque, IA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Dubuque, IA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 71,168. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet DUBUQUE-IA · Dubuque, IA 3 ZIPs · 71,168 pop · #8049/25278 · Dubuque County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID

  • INC-HIGH $83,862
  • RANK-UPPER #8049/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Holy Cross
  • BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-SMALL 71,168
  • SPREAD-MOD 52001→52003
  • HOME-MID $254,333

Nearest income peer: Holy Cross, IA ( $862 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Dubuque

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Dubuque on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Dubuque, IA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 32%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
71,168
city population (Census)
3
USPS ZIP codes covered
$83,862
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (3) - lead code 52001 (43,173 residents). Household income $83,862 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Dubuque as a pure owner town.

Within Iowa, Yorktown is the closest lower-income city and Inwood the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Dubuque.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Dubuque differ

Dubuque's city average masks two linked splits. Median household income runs from $61,643 in ZIP 52001 to $98,908 in ZIP 52003, while home values span $178,000 in 52001 to $298,900 in 52002. Compare the endpoint ZIPs before treating the city-level number as a neighborhood-level answer.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.6×

52001 to 52003

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.7×

52001 to 52002

Poverty-rate spread
9.1 points

52003 to 52001

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 52001 skews compact Dubuque

In this 3-ZIP cluster, 52001 covers about 61% of Dubuque's 71,168 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Dubuque

Citywide ZBP: 2,095 establishments, 45,955 employees , annual payroll $2,544,396k (~29 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 52001 (986 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (302) · also Health care and social assistance · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Dubuque, IA

These ZIP codes sit in Dubuque County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Dubuque. See the Dubuque County roll-up →

Dubuque sits in the lower half of Dubuque County on income: Peosta, Epworth and Farley report more, Cascade and Durango report less. Peosta marks the far end of that range at $125,901, 50% above Dubuque.

Side-by-side: Compare 52001 vs 52002 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
52001 43,173 $61,643 986 637
52002 14,559 $91,036 606 195
52003 13,436 $98,908 503 92
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Dubuque roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Dubuque, .