Muskego is a medium-sized city located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 21,393 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Muskego is the 31st largest community in Wisconsin.

Unlike some cities, Muskego isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Muskego are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Muskego is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Muskego who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.59%), sales jobs (12.52%), and management occupations (10.24%).

Also of interest is that Muskego has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Muskego is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Muskego really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Muskego perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Residents of Muskego by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.5% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented city. While Muskego may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Muskego Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Muskego citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 25.03% of adults in Muskego have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Muskego in 2000 was $26,199, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $104,796 for a family of four. However, Muskego contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Muskego home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Muskego is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Muskego include German, Polish, Irish, Italian, English, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Muskego is English.