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Muscatine, IA

23,489 Population
18.2 square miles 1,290.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 39.6 ±0.6
  • a little less than the figure in Iowa: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$30,853 ±$1,986 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: $35,349 ±$1,402
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $40,877 ±$247
$58,117 ±$4,058 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: $69,396 ±$3,217
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $75,059 ±$418

19.1% ±2.8% (4,409  ±639) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 13.7% † 5,727 (±1.7% / ±702)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Iowa: 11.1% 344,519 (±0.2% / ±6,799)

16.3 minutes ±1.3 (165,080  ±15,799) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 19 370,450 (±0.7 / ±18,324)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Iowa: 19.8 28,362,076 (±0.1 / ±233,595)

Families

9,640 ±359 Number of households
  • the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 17,345 ±339
  • Iowa: 1,315,707 ±3,984
2.4 ±0.1 (23,041  ±53) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 2.4 41,851 (±0.1 / ±26)
  • about the same as the figure in Iowa: 2.4 3,111,021

6.8% ±2.6% (358  ±137) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 5.8% † 526 (±1.8% / ±160)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.7% 41,080 (±0.2% / ±1,625)

Housing

10,411 ±302 Number of housing units
  • the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 18,454 ±114
  • Iowa: 1,437,699 ±523

$153,600 ±$6,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: $182,100 ±$10,208
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Iowa: $208,000 ±$1,141

14.9% ±3.1% (3,442  ±711.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 12.1% † 5,092 (±2.1% / ±864.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 12.9% 408,833 (±0.3% / ±7,883.1)

Social

89.5% ±4.5% (13,857  ±772.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 89.7% 25,904 (±3.7% / ±1,076.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Iowa: 93.3% 2,008,851 (±0.4% / ±9,325.6)
21.1% ±2.3% (3,270  ±370.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 23.1% 6,671 (±1.9% / ±558.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Iowa: 31.4% 676,908 (±0.3% / ±5,442.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.2% ±1.5% (1,699  ±355) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 6.8% 2,901
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Iowa: 5.9% 189,988

6.6% ±1.4% (1,157  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Muscatine, IA Micro Area: 6% † 1,946 (±0.9% / ±276)
  • about the same as the rate in Iowa: 6.5% 160,571 (±0.1% / ±2,289)
1,157 Total veterans ±255 1,134 Male ±254 23 Female ±26

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