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Roofing in Muscatine, IA
The median home in Muscatine was built in 1962, and 73 percent of the housing here predates 1980.
The Housing Here
- 10,490 homes in Muscatine
- Median home built 1962
- 73 percent were built before 1980
- 69 percent owner occupied
Muscatine has a real downtown of nineteenth century commercial buildings and a residential stock that spans a century and a half. Roughly seven in ten homes here were built before 1980.
Two Kinds of Work in One City
Downtown means flat and low slope commercial roofs behind parapets, with all the drainage and coping questions those carry.
The residential streets mean ordinary asphalt work, with the usual older house questions about decking and flashing. The hill neighborhoods add steepness, which adds labor.
What We Get Called For in Muscatine
- Commercial low slope work in the historic downtown
- Steep roof replacements on the hill neighborhoods
- Storm damage claims across Muscatine County
The Numbers for Muscatine
Every figure below is a real Census estimate for this exact place. Nothing here is modeled, interpolated or borrowed from the county.
| Housing units | 10,490 |
|---|---|
| Population | 23,567 |
| Median year built | 1962 |
| Built before 1980 | 73 percent |
| Owner occupied | 69 percent |
| Median home value | $146,900 |
| Single family detached | 70 percent |
| Built | Homes | Share | Shape |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 or later | 15 | 0% | |
| 2010 to 2019 | 253 | 2% | |
| 2000 to 2009 | 713 | 7% | |
| 1990 to 1999 | 1,048 | 10% | |
| 1980 to 1989 | 854 | 8% | |
| 1970 to 1979 | 1,441 | 14% | |
| 1960 to 1969 | 1,120 | 11% | |
| 1950 to 1959 | 877 | 8% | |
| 1940 to 1949 | 510 | 5% | |
| 1939 or earlier | 3,659 | 35% |
Roof Check in Muscatine
No sales call. A roofer looks at the roof and tells you what it needs.