SagevilleIA
A town of 98, settled in 1862.
Is Sageville a good place to live?
28% of residents live below the poverty line in Sageville, against 11% in Iowa’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. No town among the 141 in Iowa we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Sageville. The biggest park or preserve is Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve, at 35 acres. Sageville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
98 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Sageville: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Sageville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sageville.
The climate in Sageville brings four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 12° and about 36 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More than half of Sageville’s working residents commute to Dubuque
For Sageville, the mean commuting time is 15 minutes. Since 2013, Sageville has lost 30 jobs, to 188 in 2023. Half of commuters travel less than 5 miles. The top destinations are Dubuque (57%), Cedar Rapids (4%) and Davenport (2%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Sageville is
Sageville: 21% of adults binge drink. CDC measures, 32 in all: Sageville beats Iowa on 1 and trails on 2. 30% of Sageville adults feel lonely, below both the Iowa town median (32%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%).
| Sageville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Sageville | IA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 74.3% | 66.6% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.1% | 6.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Sageville: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities. Households in Sageville have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2011. FEMA puts 39% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 25% to tornadoes. Also worth knowing: since 2002, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out locally.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: 7% of Sageville
Trails total 0.5 miles in 2 parks and preserves. The density of trails for Sageville comes to 0.6 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves locally: 2, covering 39 acres.
| Sageville | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 7% | 3.1% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Little Maquoketa River Mounds State Preserve | 0.5 mi | 35 |
| 2. Heritage Trail | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Charles Mound and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sageville. Close and well known come first.
24 mi MountainCharles Mound
35 mi National MonumentEffigy Mounds National Monument57K visitors a year
4 mi MuseumNational Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium250K visitors a year
4 mi TheatreFive Flags Center17 mi MuseumChicago Athenaeum4 mi MuseumDubuque Museum of ArtPhoto credits
Charles Mound: Skye Marthaler, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Effigy Mounds National Monument: National Park Service, Public domain · National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Five Flags Center: Dirk Hansen, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Sageville
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Sageville
About 0 of every 100 Sageville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
About Sageville
City in Iowa, United States
Sageville is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States. The population was 95 at the time of the 2020 census, down from 203 in 2000.
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- Area
- 0.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 620 ft
Questions about Sageville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sageville, IA a good place to live?
Sageville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.