Carl and Therese Schauwitzer House · Photo: Boscophotos · CC BY-SA 3.0Muskego has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
The two grades for Muskego are A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Muskego has 6,715 jobs for 11,704 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Muskego stands out on work
Muskego’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Muskego is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #22 of 362 in Wisconsin. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Muskego’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Muskego could be anywhere from A to A+.
21% of working residents work in Milwaukee
Where Muskego clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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.
A workday in Muskego: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 10,724 residents head out to work, 980 work right here, and 5,735 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21,000 people are in Muskego on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 30% of work in Muskego
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Muskego, 2014 → 2024: 5,408 → 6,715. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Muskego’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Muskego’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Muskego workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,340 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Muskego commutes less than 12 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of Muskego, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Muskego is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns, #195 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.6% 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 13,686 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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). 3.6% of Muskego households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Muskego’s commuters take a bus or train.
37th of 1,576: where Muskego ranks among U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 35 | Concord Township PA | 18,477 | $132K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| 36 | Mercer Island WA | 25,422 | $219K | 3.8% | 3.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 37 | Muskego WI | 25,602 | $112K | 3.0% | 2.0% | 8% | A+ |
| 38 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 6% | A+ |
| 39 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 12% | A+ |
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| 69 | Mequon WI | 25,120 | $144K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Germantown WI | 21,050 | $100K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 333 | De Pere WI | 25,590 | $85K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 Muskego, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Muskego and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to New Berlin (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Muskego workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muskego | – | A+ | B− | 23 min | $112,221 |
| New Berlin | 6% | A+ | C | 22 min | $101,091 |
| Vernon | under 3% | A+ | C− | 30 min | $120,000 |
| Franklin | 3% | A | B− | 23 min | $106,894 |
| Norway | under 3% | A | C | 31 min | $103,278 |
| Wind Lake | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Big Bend | under 3% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $134,615 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wind Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Muskego’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 2024, 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 Muskego: questions
What is the median household income in Muskego?
$112,221 (±$8,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Muskego?
3.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Muskego?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Muskego work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (21%, 16 mi), New Berlin (6%, 7 mi), Wauwatosa (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Muskego walkable?
Muskego is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Muskego without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Muskego, from the people who make the trip.
More of Muskego
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.