Best PlacesMuskego, WI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Muskego, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Muskego ranks 210th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Muskego
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.
Muskego's strengths and weaknesses
Where Muskego ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 93% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of cities
Where Muskego ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 16% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 28% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,303 a month, better than only 31% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Muskego
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Muskego home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $112,234; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Muskego's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Muskego
Muskego runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Muskego.
Who works in Muskego, and how
Work in Muskego centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Muskego
Muskego has more parkland per resident than 95% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Muskego and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Muskego, month by month
Muskego sees roughly 90 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 Muskego
General Mitchell International sits about 12 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 Muskego
Schools across Muskego average an A−, better than 88% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Mill Valley ElementaryA+ · 82% proficient
- Lakeview ElementaryA+ · 77% proficient
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Muskego Lakes MiddleA+ · 68% proficient
- Lake Denoon MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Park View MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Eisenhower Middle/highA− · 61% proficient
- Muskego HighB+ · 51% proficient
- Waterford HighC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Muskego school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Muskego 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 Muskego against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Muskego suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 76% of cities and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Muskego
Is Muskego a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Muskego ranks 210th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on health care access, civic engagement, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on internet speeds and transit. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Muskego expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $434,970. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $112,234 median income, cost of living beats 76% of cities.
Is Muskego safe?
Yes, Muskego is safer than 93% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $190 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Muskego?
July highs average about 80 degrees, and January highs near 28 with lows near 16. That works out to about 90 pleasant days a year, more than 54% of cities.
Is Muskego good for families?
Schools beat 88% of cities, crime safety beats 93%, and childcare runs $1,303 a month.
Compare Muskego with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Muskego. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Muskego 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.
Muskego detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Muskego: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Muskego: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Muskego: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Muskego: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Muskego 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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