Best PlacesMukwonago, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mukwonago, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mukwonago ranks 2,163rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mukwonago
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Mukwonago's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mukwonago ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$118,452 median, better than 93% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 91% of towns
Where Mukwonago ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,297 a month, better than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 25% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mukwonago
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mukwonago home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $118,452, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Mukwonago's effective rate of 1.10%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mukwonago
Mukwonago runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mukwonago.
Who works in Mukwonago, and how
Work in Mukwonago centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mukwonago
Mukwonago has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of towns and more parkland per resident than 97% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Mukwonago and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mukwonago, month by month
Mukwonago sees roughly 83 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 28, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28° | 21° | 16° |
| April | 54° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 80° | 71° | 61° |
| October | 59° | 50° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Mukwonago
General Mitchell International sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.9 million passengers in 2025, with 66 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Mukwonago
Schools across Mukwonago average a B+, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Section ElementaryA · 69% proficient
- Clarendon Avenue ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Rolling Hills ElementaryA · 67% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kettle Moraine MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Park View MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Fox River MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Kettle Moraine HighB+ · 57% proficient
- Waterford HighC+ · 39% proficient
- Mukwonago HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mukwonago school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mukwonago measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Mukwonago against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mukwonago
Is Mukwonago a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mukwonago ranks 2,163rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on childcare costs and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mukwonago expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,433. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $118,452 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Mukwonago safe?
Yes, Mukwonago is safer than 88% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $201 per resident a year.
Compare Mukwonago with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mukwonago. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mukwonago represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Mukwonago detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mukwonago: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mukwonago: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mukwonago: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mukwonago: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mukwonago detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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