Kent EstatesIA
A town of 1,848.
Is Kent Estates a good place to live?
Kent Estates’ best subject grades are a B+ for health and incomes; its weakest is a D for schools. Only 18 of Iowa’s 276 towns score lower on cost of living. Only 3 of Iowa’s 276 towns score lower on the outdoors. Kent Estates has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Kent Estates stand out
Where Kent Estates beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Kent Estates for work
Where Kent Estates’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Kent Estates grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Iowa), ordered by how far Kent Estates is from typical.
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Moving to Kent Estates: who provides what
Kent Estates is unincorporated, so Muscatine County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Kent Estates.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Kent Estates than in most of Iowa or the rest of the country
0.3% of Kent Estates working residents work locally, below both Iowa’s towns (31%) and U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Kent Estates has added 20 jobs, to 43 in 2023. The median household income in Kent Estates is $122,000.
| Kent Estates | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.3% | 31% | 8% |
| Median household income | $122,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 19 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 11% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Kent Estates faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 72% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A smaller share of adults in Kent Estates feel lonely than in the typical Iowa or U.S. town
29% of Kent Estates adults feel lonely, where Iowa’s towns sit at 32% and U.S. towns at 33%. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in Kent Estates. Kent Estates beats the Iowa average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Kent Estates | Iowa towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 20% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 32% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| What stands out | Kent Estates | IA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 8.3% | 11.6% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
In Kent Estates, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
Kent Estates has cold winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 13° and about 29 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The median home in Kent Estates sells for about $375K
100% of Kent Estates households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Kent Estates
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Kent Estates; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Kent Estates residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Iowa.
Kent Estates’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Kent Estates.
| Town | IA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent Estates | — | — | C | — | D | B+ |
| Muscatine | #117 | C− | B− | C+ | D | C |
Kent Estates has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Kent Estates reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Kent Estates with a neighbor →
Questions about Kent Estates
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Kent Estates, IA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $348,000, 47% above the Iowa typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.