Dubuque township, Dubuque County, Iowa (IA) detailed profile
Number of foreign born residents: 1 (78% naturalized citizens)
| Dubuque township: | 0.8% |
| Whole state: | 3.1% |
60% of Dubuque township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 75% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Iowa.
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4377
- Northeast: 31
- Midwest: 519
- South: 106
- West: 110
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $137,500
Percentage of households with unmarried partners: 2.6%
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.1% of all households
- Gay men: 0.1% of all households
95 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,418
- One, attached: 36
- Two: 33
- 3 or 4: 92
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 25
- 20 to 49: 15
- Mobile homes: 142
Median worth of mobile homes: $13,300
Housing units in Dubuque township with a mortgage: 920 (95 second mortgage, 229 home equity loan, 8 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 396
- Machinery (12%)
- Construction (8%)
- Metal and metal products (5%)
- Health care (5%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Educational services (5%)
- Public administration (4%)
- Health care (22%)
- Educational services (13%)
- Finance and insurance (9%)
- Accommodation and food services (8%)
- Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (4%)
- Professional, scientific, and technical services (3%)
- Food and beverage stores (3%)
- Other production occupations including supervisors (8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Assemblers and fabricators (5%)
- Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
- Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
- Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
- Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
- Registered nurses (5%)
- Cashiers (5%)
- Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Most common first ancestries reported in Dubuque township:
- German (53.7%)
- Irish (11.7%)
- United States or American (10.2%)
- English (7.5%)
- Dutch (2.2%)
- Norwegian (2.1%)
- French (except Basque) (2.1%)
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- Other Eastern Europe (20%)
- Middle Africa (20%)
- Mexico (17%)
- South Africa (10%)
- Italy (7%)
- Russia (7%)
- Korea (7%)
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 2,487 (94%)
- Carpooled: 117 (4%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 6 (0%)
- Walked: 14 (1%)
- Worked at home: 30 (1%)
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Utility gas (71%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%)
- Electricity (10%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
- Wood (1%)
95 people in nursing homes
5 people in homes for the physically handicapped
97.1% of residents of Dubuque township speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 41% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Household type by relationship:
Households: 5,070- In family households: 4,753 (1,310 male householders, 167 female householders)
1,347 spouses, 1,839 children (1,755 natural, 34 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 25 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 28 other relatives, 22 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 317 (129 male householders (98 living alone)), 141 female householders (131 living alone)), 47 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 118 (112 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 562 2-persons, 369 3-persons, 332 4-persons, 135 5-persons, 51 6-persons, 28 7-or-more-persons,
Size of nonfamily households: 229 1-person, 37 2-persons, 4 3-persons,
1,249 married couples with children.
133 single-parent households (28 men, 105 women).
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 288
| Here: | 45.4% |
| Iowa: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94
| Here: | 23.3% |
| Iowa: | 7.1% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 64
| Here: | 31.7% |
| Iowa: | 25.4% |