Muscatine vs West Liberty

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

Muscatine and West Liberty 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 3,795 in West Liberty). West Liberty has the higher median household income ($66,132 vs $59,332 in Muscatine). West Liberty has the higher median home value ($169,500 vs $146,900 in Muscatine).

Population, income & housing

	Muscatine	West Liberty
Population	23,567	3,795
Median age	36.7 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,332	$66,132
Median home value	$146,900	$169,500
Median gross rent	$979	$871
Housing units	10,490	1,374
Homeownership rate	68.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muscatine	West Liberty
Population	23,774 → 23,567 (-0.9%)	3,757 → 3,795 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$52,660 → $59,332 (+12.7%)	$54,365 → $66,132 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $146,900 (+32.6%)	$125,300 → $169,500 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $979 (+14.4%)	$889 → $871 (-2.0%)

Muscatine

Population

23,77423,567

Median household income

$52,660$59,332

Median home value

$110,800$146,900

Median gross rent

$856$979

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)

	Muscatine	West Liberty
Under 5	7.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	22.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	7.1%
75 and over	6.6%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muscatine	West Liberty
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	41.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	54.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muscatine	West Liberty
No high school diploma	10.2%	26.0%
High school graduate	36.2%	35.7%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	8.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muscatine	West Liberty
Drove alone	81.3%	70.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	24.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	1.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muscatine	West Liberty
1-unit, detached	69.8%	57.2%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	6.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Muscatine	West Liberty
Poverty rate	16.5%	7.7%
Average household size	2.41	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1962	1978