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Kent Estates is a small town of 1,848 people in Muscatine County, Iowa. It's about 24 miles from Davenport, IA and 176 miles from Chicago, IL, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 29 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $348k and rent runs about $971 a month.
1,848people
$348kTypical home
$971/moRent
84° / 31°Summer / winter
29"Snow
233Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,848
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 406 people per sq mi
- 176 mi to Chicago, IL
- 24 mi to Davenport, IA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $348k (≈$2,193/mo)
- Median rent $971/mo
- Median household income $122k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 63°F)
- 233 sunny days a year (86 totally clear)
- 132 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 29" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 27 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (176 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (578 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 29% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to MLI airport
- 135 mi to DSM (major hub)
- 43 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 95% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1998
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 673 ft
- 754 mi to the ocean
- 174 mi to a big lake
- 32 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 16 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 119 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 46 bars within 25 mi
- 18 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 8% of Iowa districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 25 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Muscatine County: R+15 in 2024
- Iowa: R+13 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- High tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.