COMPARING TWO PLACES
Mount Union vs Muscatine
PLACE A
Mount Union, Pennsylvania
VS
PLACE B
Muscatine, Iowa
Mount Union is 90% smaller than Muscatine. Muscatine earns more, with a median household income $17,492 higher. Muscatine has grown faster since 2000 (4% vs -6%).
MOUNT UNIONMUSCATINEDIFFERENCE
Total population2,23123,164−90% vs Muscatine
Population density1,9251,273+652
Population growth-5.7%4.0%−9.7 pts
Median age34.837.0−2.2
Male53.1%50.4%+2.7 pts
Female46.9%49.6%−2.7 pts
Foreign-born1.0%7.2%−6.2 pts
White, non-Hispanic89.3%70.5%+18.8 pts
Black5.7%3.6%+2.1 pts
Hispanic / Latino1.5%20.4%−18.9 pts
Asian0.0%0.9%−0.9 pts
Other3.6%4.7%−1.1 pts
Median household income$40,625$58,117−$17,492
Per capita income$25,437$30,853−$5,416
Poverty rate26.7%19.1%+7.5 pts
Income inequality (Gini)0.4480.441Even
Bachelor's degree or higher16.2%21.1%−5.0 pts
Graduate degree3.4%5.6%−2.2 pts
Unemployment rate9.7%4.3%+5.4 pts
Labor force participation59.3%61.7%−2.5 pts
Median home value$98,200$153,600−$55,400
Median gross rent$482$974−$492
Owner-occupied51.7%66.5%−14.8 pts
Housing vacancy rate10.8%7.4%+3.4 pts
Rent-burdened households27.7%48.0%−20.3 pts
Average commute30.116.3+13.8
Worked from home3.9%6.3%−2.4 pts
Public transit to work0.5%0.2%+0.2 pts
Uninsured7.6%5.0%+2.6 pts
Population, 1990 – 2025