Mukwonago vs Vernon

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

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

Mukwonago has the higher population (8,411 vs 7,470 in Vernon). Vernon has the higher median household income ($121,401 vs $96,096 in Mukwonago). Vernon has the higher median home value ($412,600 vs $335,900 in Mukwonago).

Population, income & housing

	Mukwonago	Vernon
Population	8,411	7,470
Median age	39.0 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$96,096	$121,401
Median home value	$335,900	$412,600
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,159
Housing units	3,386	3,128
Homeownership rate	74.0%	96.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mukwonago	Vernon
Population	8,035 → 8,411 (+4.7%)	7,464 → 7,470 (+0.1%)
Median household income	$78,692 → $96,096 (+22.1%)	$110,208 → $121,401 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$239,400 → $335,900 (+40.3%)	$353,600 → $412,600 (+16.7%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,097 (+21.1%)	$865 → $1,159 (+34.0%)

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

Vernon

Population

7,4647,470

Median household income

$110,208$121,401

Median home value

$353,600$412,600

Median gross rent

$865$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mukwonago	Vernon
Under 5	7.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.8%	14.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.5%	7.3%
35 to 44	15.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.9%
65 to 74	9.5%	19.1%
75 and over	5.4%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mukwonago	Vernon
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mukwonago	Vernon
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	24.7%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mukwonago	Vernon
Drove alone	81.1%	81.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	14.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mukwonago	Vernon
1-unit, detached	65.7%	97.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	1.0%
20 or more units	6.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mukwonago	Vernon
Poverty rate	2.4%	2.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1989	1978