Living Wage PresentationOffice of Shared Prosperity & Neighborhood
Support
Poverty Metric
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erson Saind & Bryan Moose
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• The Mayor and City Council deemed reducing poverty as a
Top Priority.
• City of Dubuque hired consultant Public Works LLC to co -
create an Equitable Poverty Reduction & Prevention
(EPPRP) Plan.
sty Council adopted the EPPRP plan.
• Following this, The Office of Shared Prosperity and
Neighborhood Support was created to spearhead the
implementation of the plan.
Generational &
Situational
Poverty A
Lack of Child Poverty
Care & Early 0
Learning Determinants
Lack of
Transportation
Lack of
Education
& Skills
jNeighborhoods
Clnsecurlty
Affordablen1nquity
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This presentation
include
s:
This presentation includes:
- Current City of Dubuque Demographic Statistics
- Equitable Poverty Reduction and Prevention Plan
Updates
- Living Wage Study
Total Population: 59,37
Dubuque's Population Trends
60,000
59,500
59,000
535
58,409 585589410
58,000 579826
57,500
57,000
56,500
201 2014 2015 20',
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table DP05
2017
59,379
589340 -
58,196
58,052
2018 2019 2020 202
Dubuque's Demographic
Makeup Population by Race
White 88.4%
Black 4.2%
Two or More Races 3.4%
Latino 2.5%
Asian 1.6%
Pacific Islander 1.0%
Some Other Race 1 0.8%
Native American 0.2%
0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0% 50.0% 60.0% 70.0% 80.0% 90.0% 100.0%
■ Population
iSootal Population: 59,379
urce : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table DP05
Dubuque's Population Trends
2021 88.4%
2020 89.50%
2019 89.80%
2018 90.50%
0.00% 20.00% 40.00% 60.00% 80.00% 100.00% 120.001%
■ Native American ■ Some Other Race Pacific Islander ■ Asian ■ Latino ■ Two or More Races 0 Black White
Dubuque's Population Trends cont.
■ Native American ■ Some Other Race Pacific Islander ■ Asian ■ Latino ■ Two or More Races ■ Black
0.20%
?021
0.30%
2020
0.30%
2019
2018
Dubuque's Population by
Gender
m Male m Female
ae.z i. Total Population: 59,379 51.8%
k"��
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
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Dubuaue's current
overty rate
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
S1701
Historical
18.0%
16.8%
17.0° ° 16.2% 16.3% 16.0% 16.0%
15.9%
15.0%
14.8°/
14.0%
14.0%
13.2%
13.0% 12.3%
12.0%
11.0%
10.0%
9.0%
8.0%
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Source: 2013-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
C1701
Poverty Rate in 11 Most Populous Cities in Iowa, 2021
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
10.00%
6.6%
5.00% 4.2%
11.2%
12.3% 12.7%
15.3% 15.8%
14.7%
16.4%
21.4%
26.6%
26.8%
0.00%
Ankeny West Des Cedar Dubuque Council Sioux City Des Moines Davenport Waterloo Average Ames Iowa City
Moines Rapids Bluffs without
Dubuque
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
S117n11
Poverty and Unemployment Rates by Race, 2021
30%
25.5%
20%
14.1%
10.8%
10% 8.2%
1.4% 3.6%■ 2
0
0% —
Native American Asian White Latino
46- ■ Poverty Rate
28.4%
18.1%
4.2%
E 0.0%
Two or More Races Some Other Race
■ Unemployment Rate
37.0%
29.6%
50.9%
10.2%
Blar Pacific Islander
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
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80.0%
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
"COXIM.,
20.0% 16.6%
13.2%
10.8% o
10.0% 8.2 /o
0.0%
White Asian
Poverty by Race, 2018 & 2021
50.9%
38.6%
56.1 %
66.7%
0
° 29.6% 28.4%
25.8%
22.1 %
18.1%
14.1 %
0.0%
Latino Two or More Native American Pacific Islander Black Some Other Race
Races
■ 2018 ■ 2021
Source: 2018, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1701
25.5%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
0%
Native American
Unemployment Rate by Race, 2018 & 2021
8.1 %
0 4.5% 3.6% 4.2%
2.9 /0 2.2%
% 1= E 1M
0.0% 0.0%
Asian White Latino Two or More Races Some Other Race
■ 2018 ■ 2021
37.0%
19.8%
14.1%
10.2%
Black Pacific Islander
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
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Labor Force Participation Rate by Race, 2015-2021
vvnite alone
Black or African American alone
American Indian and Alaska Native alone
Asian alone
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
alone
Some other race alone
Two or more races
Hispanic or Latino on in (of any race)
b b . ] "/0
71.4%
56.3%
64.5%
91.0%
52.3%
63.7%
59.8%
bb.0"�0
69.3%
57.3%
64.0%
70.3%
61.3%
72.4%
b4.b"�0
72.5%
76.7%
75.6%
59.1 %
63.6%
80.0%
66.2%
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
S2301
Poverty Rate by Gender
Female 14.6%
Male 9.8%
0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0`,ic
■ Male ■ Female
=no)
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
S1701
Poverty
Rate by Gender since 2017
19.0%
18.3%
18.3%
17.7%
17.0%
.00
14.7%
15.0%
14.8%
13.5%
13.3%
13.0%
11.0%
10.3%
.�...%
9.0%
7.0%
201
2018
2019
2020 2021
Male ♦Female
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1701
Labor Force Participation Rate by Gender, 2015-
2ng 1
85.0%
'0
82.1 %
80.5%
78.8° 79.1 %
2015 2018 2021
Male Female
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
S2301
Child Poverty Rate Since 2017
25.0%
23.1 %
21.7% 21.4%
21.0% \
19.0%
17.0%
15.0%
13.0%
11.0%
9.0%
7.0%
5.0%
16.8%
13.6%
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
--*--Child Poverty Rate
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1701
Child Poverty
& Free and
Reduced
Lunch
50.0%
45.0%
43.8%
40.3%
41.4% 40.4%
40.0%
36.9%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0% 23.1 %
21.7%
21.4%
20.0%
16.80%lo
15.0%
13.6%
10.0%
5.0%
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Child Poverty Rate ♦Free and Reduced Lunch Status
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1701
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 Iowa School Performance Profiles
Historical Median Household Income
$65,000
$60,000
$58,691
$55,000 $54,234 $54,938
$52,298 ■ .
$50,000
$46,806
$47,450 $48,021
$45,000 $44,309 $44,599
$43,362
$40,000
$35,000
$50,171
$30,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1903
Projected Median Household Income
$70,000
$60,000 $58,691
$52,298 $54,234 $54,938
$50,000 $50,171
$46,806 $47,450 $48,021
$43,362 $44,309 $44,599 - . ■ I
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
M
$76,391
$71,917 N
$67,443
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2027 2031
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1903
Homeownership by Race, 2021
86.2% 89.3% 88.3%
68.6% 67.3%
61.6%
55.3% 57.3%
44.7%
42.7%
38.4%
31.4% 32.7%
13.8% 10.7% 11.7%
White Black or African American Indian and Asian Native Hawaiian and Some other race Two or more races Latino
American Alaska Native Other Pacific
Islander
■ Own ■ Rent
74.90%
t,ni
M
White
30.8%
13.8%
Black or African
American
Homeownership in Dubuque and Iowa
55.3%
38.5%
60.6%
32.7%
24.5%
65.1 %
57.2%
42.7%
56.5%
38.4%
11 10.7% 11.7%
American Indian and Asian Native Hawaiian and Some other race Two or more races Latino
Alaska Native Other Pacific
Islander
0 Dubuque 0 Iowa
Educational Attainment by Race, 2021
White alone 33.9%
Two or more races
Some other race alone
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone 0.0%
Hispanic or Latino Origin
Black alone
Asian alone
American Indian or Alaska Native alone 0.0%
46.4%
15.6%
34.0%
30.8%
31.6%
■ Bachelor's Degree HS Graduate
55.9%
66.8%
64.1 %
94.0%
94.5%
93.1 %
85.2%
89.5%
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1501
Educational Attainment (18+) by Gender, 2021
Graduate or professional degree 8.6% 11.4%
Bachelor's degree 21.1 %
19.9 /°
Associate's degree 9.9%
Some college, no degree 21.1 % °
24.7 /o
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 30.0%
32.0%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma M-5.3%8%
Less than 9th grade 1.6%
041.8%
0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0%
■ Female ■ Male
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S15001
Median Earnings
by Gender,
2015-2021
$45,000
$40,030
$40,000
$37,559
$36,078
$34,796
$35,000
$32,991
$31,320
$31,470
$30,000
$28,581
$26,001
$25,000
$22,73
$24,080
$21,071
$21,22 $21,960
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$0
2015
2016 2017
2018
2019 2020 2021
■ Female ■ Male
Source: 2018, 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1701
Median Earnings (25+) in past 12 Months by Gender and Educational Level
Graduate or professional degree
Bachelor's degree $38,769
Some college or associate's degree $31,204
$41,710
$25,
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 976
$41,628
Less than high school graduate
$31,168
$31,146
$55,882
$68,935
0 Female 0 Male
The Need for a Living Wage
Prepared by Bryan Moose, Data Analyst
Why a
livable
ge?
The number of times a Living Wage is explicitly said or
alluded to in the Imagine Dubuque 2037 Plan and
Equitable Poverty Reduction and Prevention Plan.
What is a liv ble
wage?
a
"A wage that is high enough to
maintain a normal standard of
living." — Oxford Languages
40
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"A wage that is high enough to maintain a normal standard of living." — Oxford
Languages
A livable wage refers to a salary or
t i income that enables individuals and
families to afford the essential expenses
kk required for a decent standard of living,
ble such as housing,childcare food,
,
transportation, health care, and
am ? technology.
Utilizing the ALICE Research and
Methodology report, Fhe Office
of Shared Prosperity and
Neighborhood Support and the
Community Foundation of
Greater Dubuque compiled data
on the city level to determine a
-j .ivinq vVage for residents.
ALICE Living Wage
Measure I
0
Living Wage in the City of Dubuque, 2022
Housing
$554
$634
$834
$834
Child Care
$0
$612
$0
$1,242
Food
$295
$399
$870
$870
Transportation
$393
$529
$1,067
$1,067
Health Care
$321
$596
$1,051
$1,051
Technology
$60
$60
$100
$100
Miscellaneous
$163
$269
$498
$498
Taxes
$322
$458
$865
$865
Monthly Total
$2,108
$35558
$55285
$6,527
Annual Total
$25,299
$42,702
$635425
$785329
Hourly Wage
$13.18
$22.24
$33.03
$20.40 (x2) / $40.80
Comparing Poverty Measurements
One Person $143580 $253299
0
I'--,
Two People $19J20
0
th
Four People $305000
lhg��
$423702
$633425 / $783329
L I d
Source : 2023 Poverty Guidelines: 48 Contiguous States, Department of Health and Human
oumues.
Historical Living Wage
$90,000
$80,000
$78,329
$72,726
$70,000
$67,189
$66,943
$65,452
$67,722
$67,478
$63,559
$60,000
$50,000
--*--One Adult
$42,702
$40,000
$37,563
$38,304
$38,147
$39,015
$38,402
$40,533
tOne Adult, One Child
$35,388
Two Adults, Two Children (Both Work)
$30,000
$25,299
$21,470
♦
$19,782
$21,555
$21,353
$21,730
$20,594
$23,501
$20,000
$10,000
$0
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Historical Analysis: OPM Threshold & Living
Wage ,
$80,000 $78,329
$72,726
$70,000 $67,189 $66,943 $65,452 $67,722 $67,478
$63,559
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000 $25,750 $26,200 $26,500 $27,750
$24,250 $24,300 $24,600 $24,100
$20,000
$10,000
$0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Four Person Family (HHS)
tTwo Adults, Two Children (ALICE)
Projected Living Wage
$100,000
$91,567
$90,000 $85,486
$80,000
$78,329 $79,405
$72,726
$70,000 $67,189 $66,943 $65,452 $67,722 $67,478
$63,559
$50,000 $451554 $48,540
$42,702 $42,569
$40,000 $37,563 $38,304 $38,147 $39,015 $38,402
$40,533
$35,388
$30,000 $26,832 $28,869
$23,501 $25,299 $24,796
$21,470 $19 782 $211555 $21,353 $21,730 $20,594
$20,000
$10,000
$0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2027 2031
--*--One Adult
--*--One Adult, One Child
Two Adults, Two Children (Both
Work)
Highlighted figures are projected.
Living Wage & Median Household Income
$100,000
$90,000 $85,486
$80,000 $79,405
$72,726 $71,91 4- - -•
$70,000 $67,189 $66,943 $67,722 $67,478 $67,443 - - '• -
$63,559 $65,452
01
$60,000 $58, 69ti
$52, 298 $54, 234 - $54, 938-
$50,000 $47,450 $48,021 _ $48,540
$45,554
$40,533 �$42,5�639
$40,000 $37,563 $38,304 $38,147 $39,015 $38,402
$35,388
$30,000 $26,832 $28,869
$23,501 $24,796
$21,470 $19 782 $211555 $21,353 $21,730 $20,594
$20,000
$10,000
$0
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2023 2027 2031
--*-One Adult
One Adult, One Child
Two Adults, Two Children
(Both Work)
- Median Household
Income
Highlighted figures are projected.
Who Ifs all
ing
through the crack
s?
$100,000.00
$90,000.00
$80,000.00
$70,000.00
$60,000.00
$50,000.00
$40,000.00
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$10,000.00
41
Median Household Income by Race
$42,582.00
$35,294.00
$46,161.00
$58,691.00
Black or African Native Hawaiian Two or more Dubuque Total
American and Other races Pop.
Pacific Islander
$71,429.00
$61,592.00 $64,010.00
$85,946.00
White Asian Hispanic or Some other
Latino origin (of race
any race)
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1903
$100,000.00
$90,000.00
$80,000.00
$70,000.00
0
C•1 111 11
Median Household Income by Race
$50,000.00
$42,582.00
$40,000.00 E
$30,000.00
$20,000.00
$10,000.00
$61,592.00
$46,161.0(
$71,429.00
$85,946.00
Black or African Native Two or more Dubuque Total White Asian Hispanic or Some other
American Hawaiian and races Pop. Latino origin (of race
Other Pacific any race)
Islander
Family of 4
(BW)
Family of 4
(OW)
Single Parent
Single Adult
Source : 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S1903
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000
$5,000
$9,874 $10,765
Native Two or more
Hawaiian and races
Other Pacific
Islander
Income Per Capita by Race
$19,131
$19,722
$23,910
$15,336
Black or American Hispanic or Some other
African Indian and Latino origin (of race
American Alaska Native any race)
$32,429
$27,455
$34,610
Asian Dubuque Total White
Pop.
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S2001
$40,000
$35,000
$30,000
$25,000
$20,000
$15,000
$10,000 $9,874
$5,000
$10,765
Income Per Capita by Race
$15,336
$19,131 $19,722
$27,455
$32,429
$34,610
Native Two or more Black or American Hispanic or Some other Asian Dubuque White
Hawaiian and races African Indian and Latino origin race Total Pop.
Other Pacific American Alaska Native (of any race)
Islander
Single Parent
Single Adult
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S2001
Who is falling through the cracks?
No. of Households under ALICE threshold
3857
1249
U114:1
One Adult One Adult, One Two Adults, Two
Child Children
Percent of Households under ALICE Threshold
60%
32%
30%
One Adult One Adult, One Two Adults, Two
Child Children
■ Amount ■ Amount
Source: 2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table
Who is falling through the cracks?
Dubuque Households under ALICE Threshold, by Race and Ethnicity
62%
63%
57%
35% 34%
30%
19/o
0
22% 22% 20% o
8%
Some Other Race Latino White Asian
0 One Adult 0 One Adult One Child
63%
36% 37%
ki
Two or More Races
Two Adults Two Children
41%
80%
Black
93%
95%
Pacific Islander
Percent of Households Under ALI
Dubuque
70% 66%
64% 64% 64%
60%
50%
40 %
CE Threshold in
60%
58%
60%
33%
32%
32%
30%
28% 29%
28%
29%
30%
°
26 /0
28%
27% 26%
28%
25 °
/o
20%
10%
0%
2016
2017
2018 2019
2020
2021
2022
--*--One Adult tOne Adult, One Child
Two Adults, Two Children
Breaking down the
budget.
0
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HUD Fair Market Rent Trends for Dubuque
$1,000
♦Efficiency One -Bed room }Two- Bedoom
$929
$900
$819 $83
$793 $806
$800 t7m$783
$725 $737
$70 $706
$700
$637 $616 $599 $612 $634 $621
$600 $581 $590 $590 $586 _ $595
$559 $568 $554
$52 $524 $509 $510 $532
$500 $491 $500
$442 $449 $449 $452 $459 $440
$397
$400 $411 $417 $417
$300
2010 2011 2013 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
$1,400
$1,200
$1,000 $951
$916 $901
$800
$600
$460 $479 $451
$400
$200
$0
2011 2012 2013
Childcare Costs in Dubuque County
--*--One Child Monthly Cost tTwo Children Monthly Cost
$1,154 $1,123 $1,144
$1,086
$1,030
$980 $981
$590 $612
$544 $562 $573 $542
$504 $491 $517so
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
$1,000
$900
$800
$700
$600
$500
$400
$300
$200
$100
$0
Monthly Food Expenditure for ALICE Family Compositions since 2010
—*—One Adult - One Adult, One Child --• Two Adults, Two Children
$774
$870
$503
$526 $532 $545 $549 $538 $537 $539 $555
$463
$399
$355
$240$254- $260 $261 $265 $286 $262 $295
$222
$153 $166 $174 $175 $180 $182 $178 $177 $178 $183 $198
2010 2011 2013 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Health Costs by ALICE Family Compositions
--*—One Adult One Adult, One Child Two Adults, Two Children
$977
$901 $901 $952 $927 $949 $914 $907
$538 $538 $565 $548 $546 $580
$526 $522
$1,161
$1,056 $1,:51
$1,009
$626 $649 $653
$596
$245 $245 $260 $252 $269 $250 $248 $258 $286 $289 $302 $321-
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Transportation Costs by ALICE Family Compositions
One Adult One Adult, One Child Two Adults, Two Children
$836
$800
$718
$835
$852
$845
$80
$435 $416 $435 $462 $454 $425
$380
$345 $329 $340 $356 $357 $328
$303
2015 2016 2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
$1,067 1
$529
$393
2022
What is driving the cost
of living I?0?
What is driving the cost of living u�?
- Steep and sudden climbs
in Essential Expenses
- St n nt
s
What are we doing to help move
people out of poverty long term?.
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Key Takeaways
Key Takeaways:
1. Poverty decreasing, but not for all.
Key Takeaways:
1. Poverty decreasing, but not for all.
2. "My vision of Dubuque is to be a
place where workers are paid a living
wage and where there are job
opportunities for low -skilled workers ".
Key Takeaways:
1. Poverty decreasing, but not for all.
2. "My vision of Dubuque is to be a place where workers are paid a living wage and where there
are job opportunities for low -skilled workers".
3. Together, Let's Expand Opportunity
Dubuque
Key Takeaways:
1. Poverty decreasing, but not for all.
2. "My vision of Dubuque is to be a place where workers are paid a living wage and where there
are job opportunities for low -skilled workers".
3. Together, Let's Expand Opportunity Dubuque
4. Our Secret Sauce: People,
Planning and Partnership.
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o LJ !
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