Kent Estates vs Muscatine

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

Kent Estates 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 1,863 in Kent Estates). Kent Estates has the higher median household income ($122,014 vs $59,332 in Muscatine). Kent Estates has the higher median home value ($351,100 vs $146,900 in Muscatine).

Population, income & housing

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
Population	1,863	23,567
Median age	49.5 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$122,014	$59,332
Median home value	$351,100	$146,900
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	665	10,490
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.3%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
Population	1,991 → 1,863 (-6.4%)	23,774 → 23,567 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$102,688 → $122,014 (+18.8%)	$52,660 → $59,332 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$279,700 → $351,100 (+25.5%)	$110,800 → $146,900 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$856 → $979 (+14.4%)

Kent Estates

Population

1,9911,863

Median household income

$102,688$122,014

Median home value

$279,700$351,100

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)

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
Under 5	3.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.5%
18 to 24	11.7%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	22.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	17.1%	9.6%
75 and over	3.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	72.0%
Black or African American	1.9%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
No high school diploma	0.8%	10.2%
High school graduate	24.0%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
Drove alone	81.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	6.5%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	4.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
1-unit, detached	97.3%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	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	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Kent Estates	Muscatine
Poverty rate	4.5%	16.5%
Average household size	2.80	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	2001	1962