Housing mix
Dubuque, IA housing supply, ownership, and rent
What the latest ACS housing mix can and cannot tell buyers and renters comparing options in Dubuque, IA.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Dubuque, IA's current ACS housing baseline includes 27,832 total housing units, 26,131 occupied units, and 1,701 vacant units. For borrower planning, those counts can help a borrower establish the scale of the measured housing base before comparing tenure, rent, current listings, property condition, and financing. The figures describe stock across the survey period; they do not say that 1,701 homes were listed for sale or available to rent at one moment. Reading 27,832 total units with 26,131 occupied and 1,701 vacant units keeps the release internally grounded while leaving live availability to current listing and property evidence.
A grounded Dubuque, IA comparison starts with current listings and lease offers, then uses the ACS evidence to check whether the sample is being interpreted in the context of 27,832 total units, a vacancy share of 6.1%, and an owner share of 65.8%. For the rental budget, replace the $948 median with the actual lease, utilities, deposits, and expected changes. For ownership, keep the 65.8% share as market context while adding the selected property's price, taxes, insurance, maintenance, association obligations, loan disclosures, and cash-to-close. For the decision at hand, the resulting worksheet will not turn 34.2% or 65.8% into a recommendation, but it will keep the two paths comparable and make the remaining assumptions visible before a decision.