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Population (year 2000): 2,450. Estimated population in July 2006: 3,651 (+49.0% change)
Males: 1,216  (49.6%)
Females: 1,234  (50.4%)

Dubuque County

Median resident age:  35.7 years
Iowa median age:  36.6 years

Zip codes: 52002.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $67,100 (it was $60,100 in 2000)
Asbury  $67,100
Iowa:  $43,609

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $160,900 (it was $127,800 in 2000)
Asbury  $160,900
Iowa:  $106,600

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Races in Asbury:

  • White Non-Hispanic (98.1%)
  • Hispanic (0.7%)

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Ancestries: German (57.5%), Irish (19.0%), United States (10.3%), English (7.3%), French (4.4%), Norwegian (3.8%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Incorporated on 09/7/1933

Elevation: 900 feet

Land area: 2.52 square miles.

Population density: 1344 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Asbury

  • High school or higher: 94.1%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 30.8%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 8.1%
  • Unemployed: 2.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 15.7 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Asbury city

  • Never married: 20.7%
  • Now married: 73.6%
  • Separated: 0.2%
  • Widowed: 1.2%
  • Divorced: 4.4%

20 residents are foreign born

This city:  0.8%
Iowa:  3.1%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Asbury:  1.3% ($1,601)
Iowa:  1.3% ($1,077)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Dubuque, IA (5.3 miles , pop. 57,686).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Madison, WI (101.7 miles , pop. 208,054).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (217.0 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Durango, IA (3.2 miles) , Sageville, IA (4.4 miles ), Dubuque, IA (5.3 miles ), Centralia, IA (5.8 miles) , Sherrill, IA (6.2 miles) , Peosta, IA (7.3 miles ), Graf, IA (7.6 miles) , East Dubuque, IL (8.6 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 20 buildings, average cost: $134,700
  • 1997: 16 buildings, average cost: $142,500
  • 1998: 34 buildings, average cost: $148,700
  • 1999: 35 buildings, average cost: $180,300
  • 2000: 37 buildings, average cost: $159,600
  • 2001: 41 buildings, average cost: $182,000
  • 2002: 83 buildings, average cost: $185,800
  • 2003: 70 buildings, average cost: $170,100
  • 2004: 92 buildings, average cost: $142,000
  • 2005: 75 buildings, average cost: $138,800
  • 2006: 56 buildings, average cost: $158,400

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Latitude: 42.52 N, Longitude: 90.76 W


Area code commonly used in this area: 563

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Population change in the 1990s: +377 (+18.2%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Machinery (12%)
  • Construction (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
  • Metal and metal products (6%)
  • Educational services (6%)
  • Food and beverage stores (5%)
  • Miscellaneous manufacturing (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (22%)
  • Educational services (16%)
  • Finance and insurance (11%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Food and beverage stores (4%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Metal workers and plastic workers (10%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Engineers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
  • Assemblers and fabricators (3%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
  • Other financial specialists (6%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)


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Asbury-area historical tornado activity is near Iowa state average. It is 82% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/13/1990, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 25.8 miles away from the Asbury city center caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.

On 9/9/1970, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 6.5 miles away from the city center .


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Hospitals/medical centers near Asbury:
  • FINLEY HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; DUBUQUE, IA)
  • MERCY MEDICAL CENTER-DUBUQUE (about 9 miles; DUBUQUE, IA)
  • GRANT REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER (about 24 miles; LANCASTER, WI)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Asbury:
  • DUBUQUE REGIONAL (about 10 miles; DUBUQUE, IA; ID: DBQ)
  • CLINTON MUNI (about 58 miles; CLINTON, IA; ID: CWI)
  • QUAD CITY INTL (about 77 miles; MOLINE, IL; ID: MLI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Asbury:
  • CASSVILLE MUNI (about 19 miles; CASSVILLE, WI; ID: C74)
  • LANCASTER MUNI (about 19 miles; LANCASTER, WI; ID: 73C)
  • PLATTEVILLE MUNICIPAL (about 26 miles; PLATTEVILLE, WI; ID: PVB)

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Asbury:
  • UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE (about 25 miles; PLATTEVILLE, WI; Full-time enrollment: 5,045)
  • SAINT AMBROSE UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 2,310)
  • EASTERN IOWA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (about 70 miles; DAVENPORT, IA; FT enrollment: 4,180)
  • BLACK HAWK COLLEGE (about 70 miles; MOLINE, IL; FT enrollment: 3,891)
  • AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (about 71 miles; ROCK ISLAND, IL; FT enrollment: 2,220)
  • KIRKWOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; FT enrollment: 7,991)
  • UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; FAYETTE, IA; FT enrollment: 3,173)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Asbury that have no violations reported:
  • ASBURY MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 2550, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:
This city:  2.9 people
Iowa:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  86.1%
Whole state:  67.0%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  2.8%
Whole state:  4.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  4.0%
Whole state:  9.1%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  1.6%
Whole state:  3.8%

Asbury compared to Iowa state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • House age significantly below state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Other and Unallocable 2$3,055$18,3300$0
Other Government Administration 2$5,694$34,1640$0
Police Protection - Officers 3$7,610$30,4400$0
Parks and Recreation 2$5,767$34,6020$0
Totals for Government 9$22,127$29,5030$0


Asbury government finances in 2002:
  • Charges - Sewerage: $345,000
    Solid Waste Management: $103,000
    All Other: $17,000
    Parks & Recreation: $10,000
  • Construction - Regular Highways: $778,000
    Parks & Recreation: $26,000
    General Public Buildings: $5,000
  • Current Operations - General - Other: $476,000
    Police Protection: $118,000
    Solid Waste Management: $107,000
    Financial Administration: $89,000
    Sewerage: $83,000
    Regular Highways: $72,000
    Parks & Recreation: $41,000
    General Public Buildings: $34,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $34,000
    Health Services - Other: $29,000
    Housing & Community Development: $22,000
    Fire Protection: $18,000
    Central Staff Services: $8,000
    Libraries: $1,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $21,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $104,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $1,649,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $515,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $1,266,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Other, NEC: $695,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $203,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $51,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $37,000
    Special Assessments: $9,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $46,000
    Sewerage: $14,000
    Police Protection: $4,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $1,197,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $803,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $215,000
    General Support: $36,000
    All Other: $1,000
  • Tax - Property: $744,000
    Total General Sales: $231,000
    NEC: $35,000
    Public Utilities: $27,000
    Other Selective Sales: $1,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $293,000

4.62% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,602 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.62%
Iowa average:  6.30%

0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($358 average AGI)
Dubuque County:  0.07%
Iowa average:  0.10%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Jo Daviess County, IL  0.39% ($29,326 average AGI)
from Grant County, WI  0.28% ($31,760)
from Jackson County, IA  0.26% ($33,473)


4.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($42,561 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.54%
Iowa average:  6.47%

0.03% of residents moved to foreign countries ($60 average AGI)
Dubuque County:  0.03%
Iowa average:  0.03%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Linn County, IA  0.28% ($33,094 average AGI)
to Jo Daviess County, IL  0.27% ($139,806)
to Jackson County, IA  0.26% ($30,933)


Strongest AM radio stations in Asbury:
  • KDTH (1370 AM; 5 kW; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: RADIO DUBUQUE, INC.)
  • WDBQ (1490 AM; 1 kW; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KXEL (1540 AM; 50 kW; WATERLOO, IA; Owner: KXEL BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WTMJ (620 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: JOURNAL BROADCAST CORPORATION)
  • WMT (600 AM; 5 kW; CEDAR RAPIDS, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WSCR (670 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WSPT (1010 AM; 50 kW; STEVENS POINT, WI)
  • WGN (720 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WGN CONTINENTAL BROADCASTING CO.)
  • WBBM (780 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WHO (1040 AM; 50 kW; DES MOINES, IA; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
  • WISN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MILWAUKEE, WI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMVP (1000 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WLS (890 AM; 50 kW; CHICAGO, IL; Owner: WLS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Asbury:
  • KLYV (105.3 FM; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • KATF (92.9 FM; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: RADIO DUBUQUE, INC.)
  • K239AB (95.7 FM; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: AUGUSTANA COLLEGE)
  • KGRR (97.3 FM; EPWORTH, IA; Owner: RADIO DUBUQUE, INC.)
  • WVRE (101.1 FM; DICKEYVILLE, WI; Owner: RADIO DUBUQUE, INC.)
  • K254AE (98.7 FM; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA)
  • KXGE (102.3 FM; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • WJOD (103.3 FM; ASBURY, IA; Owner: CUMULUS LICENSING CORP.)
  • K269EK (101.7 FM; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA)
  • KIYX (106.1 FM; SAGEVILLE, IA; Owner: QUEENB RADIO WISCONSIN, INC.)
  • WPVL-FM (107.1 FM; PLATTEVILLE, WI; Owner: QUEENB RADIO WISCONSIN, INC.)
  • WGLR-FM (97.7 FM; LANCASTER, WI; Owner: QUEENB RADIO WISCONSIN, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Asbury:
  • KFXB (Channel 40; DUBUQUE, IA; Owner: DUBUQUE TV LTD. PARTNERSHIP)
  • W22CI (Channel 22; BLOOMINGTON, WI; Owner: STATE OF WISCONSIN - EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS BOARD)

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