Sewall Andrews House · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Mukwonago are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns
4.2% of residents are in poverty; Wisconsin has 10.6%. For jobs and income Mukwonago is better than 83% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+). About one in seven work in Mukwonago; the top destination outside it is Waukesha (11%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mukwonago and work: the main findings
Mukwonago has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mukwonago went from 4,091 in 2013 to 5,555 in 2023, +36%. The jobs ↓
Mukwonago draws workers from far and wide
The 5,555 jobs in Mukwonago are filled from a wide area. Mukwonago’s own residents hold 9% and the ten next-biggest home towns 34%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Mukwonago’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Mukwonago’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mukwonago could be anywhere from B to A+.
A place that makes things: 32% of Mukwonago’s jobs are in goods
5,555 jobs are based in Mukwonago.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mukwonago, 2013 → 2023: 4,091 → 5,555. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mukwonago’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Mukwonago: the destinations
Where Mukwonago clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mukwonago by day and by night
On a workday 3,609 residents head out to work, 502 work right here, and 5,053 people come in from elsewhere.
About 10,000 people are in Mukwonago on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Mukwonago takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mukwonago workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,845 commuters (the 15% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mukwonago
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Mukwonago: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,546 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 9% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.6% of Mukwonago households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Mukwonago’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,500, Mukwonago ranks 683rd of 2,922 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 15 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 681 | Plaistow NH | 7,848 | $108K | 4.5% | 4.4% | 9% | A− |
| 682 | Friendly MD | 11,119 | $128K | 3.0% | 7.7% | 1% | A− |
| 683 | Mukwonago WI | 8,544 | $98K | 4.2% | 4.5% | 12% | A− |
| 684 | Easton CT | 7,838 | $223K | 6.9% | 4.8% | 6% | A− |
| 685 | Magnolia TX | 8,095 | $79K | 5.0% | 2.4% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,922 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mukwonago, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Mukwonago
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Mukwonago’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mukwonago: questions
What is the median household income in Mukwonago?
$98,273 (±$4,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mukwonago?
4.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mukwonago?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mukwonago work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waukesha (11%, 11 mi), Milwaukee (10%, 23 mi), New Berlin (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mukwonago walkable?
Mukwonago is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mukwonago without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mukwonago, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mukwonago
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.