Mukwonago vs Pewaukee

A side-by-side comparison of Mukwonago and Pewaukee: population, income, housing, and more.

Mukwonago and Pewaukee are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pewaukee has the higher population (16,002 vs 8,411 in Mukwonago). Pewaukee has the higher median household income ($112,093 vs $96,096 in Mukwonago). Pewaukee has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $335,900 in Mukwonago).

Population, income & housing

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
Population	8,411	16,002
Median age	39.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,096	$112,093
Median home value	$335,900	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,485
Housing units	3,386	7,063
Homeownership rate	74.0%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
Population	8,035 → 8,411 (+4.7%)	14,431 → 16,002 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$78,692 → $96,096 (+22.1%)	$104,645 → $112,093 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$239,400 → $335,900 (+40.3%)	$315,300 → $434,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,097 (+21.1%)	$1,338 → $1,485 (+11.0%)

Mukwonago

Population

8,0358,411

Median household income

$78,692$96,096

Median home value

$239,400$335,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,097

Pewaukee

Population

14,43116,002

Median household income

$104,645$112,093

Median home value

$315,300$434,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,485

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
Under 5	7.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.8%	16.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.3%	16.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.5%
75 and over	5.4%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	24.7%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
Drove alone	81.1%	74.8%
Carpooled	3.2%	2.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.3%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.3%	20.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
1-unit, detached	65.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mukwonago	Pewaukee
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1989	1993