Fruitland vs Muscatine

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitland and Muscatine: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruitland and Muscatine are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Muscatine has the higher population (23,567 vs 1,107 in Fruitland). Fruitland has the higher median household income ($101,375 vs $59,332 in Muscatine). Fruitland has the higher median home value ($219,000 vs $146,900 in Muscatine).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitland	Muscatine
Population	1,107	23,567
Median age	30.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,375	$59,332
Median home value	$219,000	$146,900
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	351	10,490
Homeownership rate	95.4%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitland	Muscatine
Population	1,036 → 1,107 (+6.9%)	23,774 → 23,567 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$79,583 → $101,375 (+27.4%)	$52,660 → $59,332 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$170,800 → $219,000 (+28.2%)	$110,800 → $146,900 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	$683 → $729 (+6.7%)	$856 → $979 (+14.4%)

Fruitland

Population

1,0361,107

Median household income

$79,583$101,375

Median home value

$170,800$219,000

Median gross rent

$683$729

Muscatine

Population

23,77423,567

Median household income

$52,660$59,332

Median home value

$110,800$146,900

Median gross rent

$856$979

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitland	Muscatine
Under 5	5.9%	7.1%
5 to 17	27.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	18.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	10.3%
55 to 64	7.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	5.7%	9.6%
75 and over	4.5%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitland	Muscatine
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	72.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitland	Muscatine
No high school diploma	10.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	29.5%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	42.8%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitland	Muscatine
Drove alone	90.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	7.3%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	2.0%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitland	Muscatine
1-unit, detached	97.4%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Fruitland	Muscatine
Poverty rate	2.0%	16.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1993	1962