Epworth (Iowa)

Dubuque County

19-25725

Epworth is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Dubuque County in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. In 2010, Epworth had 1860 inhabitants.

Geography

Epworth is located at 42 ° 26'42 " north latitude and 90 ° 55'55 " west longitude and extending over 6.05 km ². The city is located in Taylor Township.

Epworth is located in the southwestern center of Dubuque County. The Mississippi River, which forms the border with Illinois and Wisconsin, is located around 25 km to the east. Neighboring towns are Bankston (9,8 km north ), Count (10,2 km northeast), Peosta (8.3 km east), Cascade (21 km southwest) and Farley (6,9 km to the west ).

The nearest large towns are Dubuque at the interface of the states of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin ( 24.7 km ENE ), the Quad Cities (128 km south), Cedar Rapids ( 94.7 km southwest ) and Waterloo (121 miles west).

Traffic

Along the southern edge of Epworth runs in east-west direction of the U.S. Highway 20, which runs from Waterloo to Dubuque. Through the town center leads the running parallel to old Highway 20 All other roads are County Roads or more minor urban roads.

Through the center runs parallel to the old Highway 20, a railway line of the Canadian National Railway.

The nearest airport is located 28.9 km southeast Dubuque Regional Airport.

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Epworth 1860 people in 643 households. The population density was 459.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 643 households lived statistically 2.71 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 4.8 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

28.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.7 percent were 65 years or older. 48.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 58,988. The per capita income was $ 22,675. 6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.