Muskego vs New Berlin

A side-by-side comparison of Muskego and New Berlin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

New Berlin has the higher population (40,384 vs 25,156 in Muskego). Muskego has the higher median household income ($116,361 vs $97,414 in New Berlin). Muskego has the higher median home value ($390,900 vs $343,500 in New Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Muskego	New Berlin
Population	25,156	40,384
Median age	45.8 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$116,361	$97,414
Median home value	$390,900	$343,500
Median gross rent	$1,292	$1,409
Housing units	10,105	17,522
Homeownership rate	87.6%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskego	New Berlin
Population	24,946 → 25,156 (+0.8%)	39,718 → 40,384 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$95,242 → $116,361 (+22.2%)	$83,488 → $97,414 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $390,900 (+34.0%)	$259,800 → $343,500 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,292 (+17.9%)	$1,211 → $1,409 (+16.4%)

Muskego

Population

24,94625,156

Median household income

$95,242$116,361

Median home value

$291,700$390,900

Median gross rent

$1,096$1,292

New Berlin

Population

39,71840,384

Median household income

$83,488$97,414

Median home value

$259,800$343,500

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,409

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muskego	New Berlin
Under 5	4.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.7%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	6.8%	10.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	15.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.3%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.0%
75 and over	7.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskego	New Berlin
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.2%	5.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskego	New Berlin
No high school diploma	2.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	31.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskego	New Berlin
Drove alone	80.5%	80.9%
Carpooled	2.7%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	13.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskego	New Berlin
1-unit, detached	79.8%	69.7%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	10.1%
20 or more units	3.4%	10.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Muskego	New Berlin
Poverty rate	3.4%	3.6%
Average household size	2.51	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1987	1979