| | Atchison, KS | Muscatine, IA | United States |
| Overall | 72.9 | 77.0 | 100 |
| Food & Groceries | 93.5 | 95.4 | 100 |
| Health | 106.5 | 104.8 | 100 |
| Housing | 31.8 | 45.9 | 100 |
| Median Home Cost | $129,900 | $163,800 | $338,100 |
| Utilities | 10,430.0% | 10,140.0% | 10,000.0% |
| Transportation | 66.0 | 62.2 | 100 |
| Miscellaneous | 91.0 | 91.9 | 100 |
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Reviews for Atchison 
2 Reviews
Great Place to live! Story-book! More
A wonderful example of a town forcefully driven without a purpose. Set up as a perfect sleeper suburb of Kansas City, they have sabotaged themselves with short-sighted More
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Reviews for Muscatine 
3 Reviews
We recently relocated here in October for my husbands work. This is a beautiful city located on the mississippi river. It boasts of state of the art playground equipment More
This is the worst place that I have ever lived. There is nothing to do here except drugs. The schools are also terrible. I ended up sending my son to a private boarding More
We live just outside of Muscatine,On a bluff looking over the Mississippi river. We have a great view of the river( never floods) and a house in our subdivision just More
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