Muskego vs Pewaukee

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

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

Muskego has the higher population (25,156 vs 16,002 in Pewaukee). Muskego has the higher median household income ($116,361 vs $112,093 in Pewaukee). Pewaukee has the higher median home value ($434,700 vs $390,900 in Muskego).

Population, income & housing

	Muskego	Pewaukee
Population	25,156	16,002
Median age	45.8 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$116,361	$112,093
Median home value	$390,900	$434,700
Median gross rent	$1,292	$1,485
Housing units	10,105	7,063
Homeownership rate	87.6%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.0%	55.5%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muskego	Pewaukee
Population	24,946 → 25,156 (+0.8%)	14,431 → 16,002 (+10.9%)
Median household income	$95,242 → $116,361 (+22.2%)	$104,645 → $112,093 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$291,700 → $390,900 (+34.0%)	$315,300 → $434,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,096 → $1,292 (+17.9%)	$1,338 → $1,485 (+11.0%)

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

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)

	Muskego	Pewaukee
Under 5	4.1%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.7%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	6.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	16.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.5%
75 and over	7.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muskego	Pewaukee
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muskego	Pewaukee
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.2%
High school graduate	24.1%	14.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	35.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	20.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muskego	Pewaukee
Drove alone	80.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	2.7%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.8%	20.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muskego	Pewaukee
1-unit, detached	79.8%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	12.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	12.8%
20 or more units	3.4%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muskego	Pewaukee
Poverty rate	3.4%	2.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1987	1993