Muscatine vs Wilton

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

Muscatine and Wilton 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 2,943 in Wilton). Wilton has the higher median household income ($71,898 vs $59,332 in Muscatine). Wilton has the higher median home value ($162,000 vs $146,900 in Muscatine).

Population, income & housing

	Muscatine	Wilton
Population	23,567	2,943
Median age	36.7 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$59,332	$71,898
Median home value	$146,900	$162,000
Median gross rent	$979	$829
Housing units	10,490	1,362
Homeownership rate	68.7%	72.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	33.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muscatine	Wilton
Population	23,774 → 23,567 (-0.9%)	2,843 → 2,943 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$52,660 → $59,332 (+12.7%)	$52,538 → $71,898 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $146,900 (+32.6%)	$121,000 → $162,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $979 (+14.4%)	$687 → $829 (+20.7%)

Muscatine

Population

23,77423,567

Median household income

$52,660$59,332

Median home value

$110,800$146,900

Median gross rent

$856$979

Wilton

Population

2,8432,943

Median household income

$52,538$71,898

Median home value

$121,000$162,000

Median gross rent

$687$829

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muscatine	Wilton
Under 5	7.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	11.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.3%	7.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	12.4%
55 to 64	13.1%	17.0%
65 to 74	9.6%	12.0%
75 and over	6.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muscatine	Wilton
White (non-Hispanic)	72.0%	89.6%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	19.3%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muscatine	Wilton
No high school diploma	10.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	36.2%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	29.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muscatine	Wilton
Drove alone	81.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	9.1%	4.1%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muscatine	Wilton
1-unit, detached	69.8%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	9.8%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Muscatine	Wilton
Poverty rate	16.5%	7.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1962	1974