Cerro Gordo County vs Muscatine County

A side-by-side comparison of Cerro Gordo County and Muscatine County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cerro Gordo County and Muscatine County are counties in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cerro Gordo County has the higher population (42,785 vs 42,735 in Muscatine County). Muscatine County has the higher median household income ($69,512 vs $65,537 in Cerro Gordo County). Muscatine County has the higher median home value ($172,400 vs $154,100 in Cerro Gordo County).

Population, income & housing

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
Population	42,785	42,735
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$65,537	$69,512
Median home value	$154,100	$172,400
Median gross rent	$840	$966
Housing units	22,730	18,429
Homeownership rate	71.6%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
Population	42,834 → 42,785 (-0.1%)	42,889 → 42,735 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$53,963 → $65,537 (+21.4%)	$58,453 → $69,512 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$128,600 → $154,100 (+19.8%)	$130,500 → $172,400 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $840 (+18.8%)	$831 → $966 (+16.2%)

Cerro Gordo County

Population

42,83442,785

Median household income

$53,963$65,537

Median home value

$128,600$154,100

Median gross rent

$707$840

Muscatine County

Population

42,88942,735

Median household income

$58,453$69,512

Median home value

$130,500$172,400

Median gross rent

$831$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
Under 5	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.8%
75 and over	9.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	75.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.5%
High school graduate	35.9%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
Drove alone	78.8%	81.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.4%
Walked	2.3%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	5.9%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	8.1%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	4.6%
20 or more units	5.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Cerro Gordo County	Muscatine County
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.15	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	16	19
Median year structure built	1959	1969