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Dubuque city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Dubuque city is a Census city of 59,174 people across 31.27 square miles of land, in Dubuque County. Median household income is $65,845, 65.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 47 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $13.4 m.
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Dubuque
What Dubuque is
- Census place typecity
- Land area31.27 sq mi
- Water area1.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,892
- County holding the largest share of its areaDubuque County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dubuque
How many people live in Dubuque
- Population59,174
- Median age38.1
- Population under 1811,784
- Share under 1819.9 percent
- Population 65 and over12,258
- Share 65 and over20.7 percent
- Households26,131
- Family households14,325
- Share of households that are families54.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dubuque
Income and work in Dubuque
- Median household income$65,845
- Per capita income$38,244
- Civilian labor force31,667
- Employed30,237
- Unemployed1,430
- Unemployment rate4.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over40,136
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher34.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dubuque
Housing in Dubuque
- Housing units27,832
- Occupied units26,131
- Vacant units1,701
- Vacancy rate6.1 percent
- Owner occupied17,203
- Renter occupied8,928
- Ownership rate65.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$204,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$948
- Annual rent as a share of median income17.3 percent
- Single family units18,674
- Share single family67.1 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more8,393
- Share in buildings of two or more30.2 percent
- Mobile homes765
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dubuque
How Dubuque gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute26,140
- Commuting under 15 minutes15,767
- Share commuting under 15 minutes60.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,261
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more8.6 percent
- Drove alone76.6 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Walked2.9 percent plus or minus 0.7
- Worked from home11.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dubuque
SBA loans in Dubuque (7(a))
- Approvals47
- Gross approval$13,448,500
- Average approval$286,138
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$700,000
- Largest approval$1,660,500
- Jobs supported427
- Jobs per approval9.1
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Paid in full5
- Charged off1
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.6 percent
- Share to franchises27.7 percent
- Distinct lenders18
- Distinct industries by NAICS35
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dubuque
SBA loans in Dubuque (504)
- Approvals31
- Gross approval$33,441,000
- Average approval$1,078,742
- Median approval$441,000
- Largest approval$4,985,000
- Jobs supported212
- Loans with a final outcome6
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs4
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dubuque County, not Dubuque
Dubuque County context, not Dubuque figures
These are Dubuque County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Dubuque measurements.
- Establishments in Dubuque County2,804
- Employment at those establishments, Dubuque County56,357
- Covered employment, Dubuque County58,413
- Average annual pay, Dubuque County$58,669
- Average weekly wage, Dubuque County$1,128
- Housing units permitted, Dubuque County474
- Of those, single family, Dubuque County148
- County product, 2024, Dubuque County$9,159,845,000
- County product change over the prior year, Dubuque County3.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Dubuque County$59,870
Every figure in this section is published for Dubuque County as a whole and is not a measurement of Dubuque. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Dubuque questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Dubuque, Iowa?
59,174, in 26,131 households. Dubuque city covers 31.27 square miles of land, which is 1,892 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Dubuque in?
Dubuque County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Dubuque?
$65,845. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $204,800. Median gross rent is $948 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Dubuque businesses?
47 7(a) approvals totalling $13.4 m, across 18 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 31 504 approvals worth $33.4 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Dubuque, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Dubuque borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Dubuque. only 6 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Dubuque figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dubuque County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Dubuque.
Is zoning published for Dubuque?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.