Moscow vs Muscatine

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

Moscow 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 494 in Moscow). Moscow has the higher median household income ($120,489 vs $59,332 in Muscatine). Moscow has the higher median home value ($216,200 vs $146,900 in Muscatine).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	Muscatine
Population	494	23,567
Median age	39.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$120,489	$59,332
Median home value	$216,200	$146,900
Median gross rent	—	$979
Housing units	225	10,490
Homeownership rate	68.0%	68.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	Muscatine
Population	235 → 494 (+110.2%)	23,774 → 23,567 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$43,617 → $120,489 (+176.2%)	$52,660 → $59,332 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $216,200 (+95.0%)	$110,800 → $146,900 (+32.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$856 → $979 (+14.4%)

Moscow

Population

235494

Median household income

$43,617$120,489

Median home value

$110,900$216,200

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)

	Moscow	Muscatine
Under 5	1.6%	7.1%
5 to 17	26.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	30.0%	13.3%
45 to 54	6.9%	10.3%
55 to 64	17.8%	13.1%
65 to 74	2.6%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	Muscatine
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	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	0.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	Muscatine
No high school diploma	3.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	50.4%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	Muscatine
Drove alone	89.5%	81.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.1%	5.9%
Other means	5.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	Muscatine
1-unit, detached	92.9%	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	7.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	Muscatine
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.5%
Average household size	2.20	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1949	1962