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The median home value in Muscatine County, IA is $208,065 as of 2026-07-31, up 6.42% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$208,065
Year-over-Year
+6.42%
National Rank
#1849 of 3071
Muscatine County ranks 41st out of 99 counties in IA by median home price, and is -11.2% below the U.S. national median of $234,352. Within IA, the typical county has a median home value of $195,956, making Muscatine County +6.2% above the IA state median.
Households here earn a median of $69,396 a year against a typical home value of $208,065 — a price-to-income ratio of 3.0×, comfortably below the 3× income level generally considered manageable. That is less affordable than roughly 26% of U.S. counties. (How this is calculated.)
Reporting agencies in Muscatine County recorded a violent crime rate of 264 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — around the middle of the national range. Property crime runs at 1,097 per 100,000.
Based on 2 reporting cities covering 26,896 residents (FBI UCR data — what this covers).
The median home value in Muscatine County is $208,065. That's up 6.42% from a year earlier. That is about 11.2% below the U.S. national county median of $234,352, and makes Muscatine County the 41st most expensive of 99 counties in Iowa.
Median household income here is $69,396, so a typical home costs about 3.0× annual household earnings — relatively affordable compared with other U.S. counties.
Reporting police departments in Muscatine County recorded 264 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. That figure covers 26,896 residents across 2 reporting cities, so it reflects the county's incorporated areas rather than every community within its borders.
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