IA area data
Delaware, IA
Delaware, IA.
Population: 135 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 379.0 (+3.7% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 87.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.7¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $10.60/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- drought, hail, strongWind
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 42.6 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 2
- Nearest national park
- Effigy Mounds National Monument (42 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Dyersville Area Airport (7 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Dubuque Regional Airport (DBQ) (31 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 15
- Avg hospital rating
- 4.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 6
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,981
- Median annual property tax
- $2,250
- Households with broadband internet
- 69.2%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 5,206
- Average weekly wage
- $1,004
- Top industries (by employment)
- Wholesale Trade, Construction, Accommodation & Food
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 22
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