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Kent Estates, Iowa.

A community in Muscatine County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Muscatine County’s.

Living in Kent Estates, Muscatine County, Iowa

Kent Estates, in Muscatine County, had 2,074 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $121,971 a year and half less, against $69,396 across Muscatine County. 100% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 0% are rented. Unemployment in Muscatine County was 3.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Muscatine County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 2,074 in the 2020 census
Household income $121,971 the median, give or take $9,802 · Muscatine County: $69,396
Unemployment 3.9% Muscatine County, August 2026; 4.0% a year before
Homes 100% lived in by their owners; 0% rented
  • 695households
  • 18 mintypical commute
  • 7%work from home

What people in Muscatine County work in

  • Manufacturing27%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care22%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities7%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment7%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Muscatine County had 20,987 jobs in 2025, 1.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 31° and 14°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 31° 14° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 31° and 14°; warmest in July, 84° and 64° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 31° 14° F M A M J J 84° 64° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 31° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 64°. About 29 inches of snow and 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Muscatine 2N weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Muscatine County

  1. HNIModular furniture systems, office-type, manufacturing701
  2. Muscatine Comm School DistrictSchool district657FTE
  3. Raymond-MuscatineForklifts manufacturing529
  4. SSAB IowaIron and steel mills and ferroallow manufacturing461
  5. Grain Processing449
  6. Bayer CropSciencePesticide and other agricultural chemical manufacturing444
  7. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters383
  8. Hy-VeeSupermarkets and other grocery except convenience stores262

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 46 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,805 people in all across the county; Kent Estates has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Strong windVery high
  2. HailRelatively high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. Winter weatherRelatively high
  5. Heat wavesRelatively high
  6. Ice stormsRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kent Estates’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Muscatine County.