Moscow vs West Liberty

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

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

West Liberty has the higher population (3,795 vs 494 in Moscow). Moscow has the higher median household income ($120,489 vs $66,132 in West Liberty). Moscow has the higher median home value ($216,200 vs $169,500 in West Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	West Liberty
Population	494	3,795
Median age	39.4 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$120,489	$66,132
Median home value	$216,200	$169,500
Median gross rent	—	$871
Housing units	225	1,374
Homeownership rate	68.0%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	West Liberty
Population	235 → 494 (+110.2%)	3,757 → 3,795 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$43,617 → $120,489 (+176.2%)	$54,365 → $66,132 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$110,900 → $216,200 (+95.0%)	$125,300 → $169,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$889 → $871 (-2.0%)

Moscow

Population

235494

Median household income

$43,617$120,489

Median home value

$110,900$216,200

West Liberty

Population

3,7573,795

Median household income

$54,365$66,132

Median home value

$125,300$169,500

Median gross rent

$889$871

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moscow	West Liberty
Under 5	1.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	26.5%	22.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	30.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	6.9%	11.9%
55 to 64	17.8%	9.2%
65 to 74	2.6%	7.1%
75 and over	0.0%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	41.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	54.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	West Liberty
No high school diploma	3.7%	26.0%
High school graduate	50.4%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	43.9%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	2.0%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	West Liberty
Drove alone	89.5%	70.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	24.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	1.6%
Other means	5.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	92.9%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	West Liberty
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.7%
Average household size	2.20	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1949	1978