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Muskego Commute Time Map & Patterns

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Commuting in Muskego, Wisconsin: how long it takes, when people leave home and how they get to work. Ask Map AI about any address.

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Commute Time Burden in Muskego: Annual Hours and Cost

Commuters in Muskego spend about 45 minutes on the road round trip each working day. Over a typical 250-day work year, that adds up to roughly 189 hours, about 7.9 full days, spent commuting. That is 21% more time on the road than the Wisconsin average of 18.8 minutes each way, a difference of 3.9 minutes.

Muskego holds about 0.4% of Wisconsin's population but accounts for roughly 0.5% of its total commuting time.

Working from home just 2 days a week in Muskego would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,344 at the same national wage assumption used above.

Area One-Way Commute Daily Round-Trip Yearly Time Spent Estimated Yearly Cost Local Road Traffic (VPD)
Muskego 22.7 min 45.4 min 189 hrs/yr $5,861 1,804
Wisconsin 18.8 min 37.5 min 156 hrs/yr $4,846 811
United States 22.4 min 44.8 min 187 hrs/yr $5,790 1,355

The estimated yearly cost applies a single national rule of thumb (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics average hourly earnings), not a measurement of wages in this area - treat it as a rough estimate, not a paycheck figure. Local road traffic counts, vehicles per day on non-highway roads, come from proprietary Ticon and TrafficZoom data.

Muskego Commute Map

On average, it takes 22.7 minutes to get to work in Muskego. That's 1% longer than the 22.4-minute U.S. average.

The most common departure window is 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM, followed by 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM. Driving is the most common commute choice, followed by working from home. About 17.4% work from home.

How People Get to Work in Muskego

  • Car: 81.1%
  • Worked at Home: 17.4%
  • Walked: 1.3%
  • Bicycle: 0.1% unusually low
  • Motorcycle: < 0.1%
  • Other: < 0.1%
  • Public Transportation: < 0.1% unusually low
  • Taxi: < 0.1% unusually low

Public transit is unusually rare in Muskego: 47028866.6 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.0% vs 1.1%).

Taking a taxi is essentially absent in Muskego, versus 0.2% in Wisconsin.

Biking is unusually rare in Muskego: 3.4 times less than the Wisconsin average (0.1% vs 0.5%).

Commute Mode Trends in Muskego, 2009-2024

This chart shows how workers in Muskego get to work, as a share of all workers aged 16 and over, across 16 U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) releases from 2009 to 2024. Each release is a 5-year estimate: the 2024 figures cover surveys taken from 2020 to 2024. Because neighboring releases share most of their survey years, the lines move gradually, and a sudden change such as the rise of remote work in 2020 spreads across several releases. Hover over or tap a line to highlight it, and use the legend to show or hide a mode. Driving starts hidden so the smaller modes stay readable.

Share of workers aged 16 and over, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show commute mode data by year
Year Car Worked at Home Walked Motorcycle Bicycle Public Transportation Taxi Other
2009 94.2% 3.5% 0.7% 0.4% 0.0% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2%
2010 94.2% 3.3% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 1.1% 0.0% 0.2%
2011 95.1% 3.0% 0.7% 0.2% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
2012 95.1% 2.7% 0.8% 0.4% 0.0% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
2013 94.0% 3.8% 0.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.8% 0.0% 0.2%
2014 94.7% 3.7% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.4% 0.0% 0.2%
2015 95.0% 3.8% 0.4% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3% 0.0% 0.2%
2016 94.8% 3.6% 0.6% 0.3% 0.1% 0.2% 0.1% 0.3%
2017 94.5% 4.2% 0.4% 0.0% 0.1% 0.4% 0.2% 0.4%
2018 95.4% 3.3% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.4% 0.1% 0.5%
2019 93.9% 4.4% 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 0.4% 0.2% 0.5%
2020 90.8% 7.7% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
2021 87.6% 11.2% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 0.1% 0.2%
2022 84.6% 14.4% 0.6% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2023 83.0% 16.0% 0.6% 0.2% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
2024 81.1% 17.4% 1.3% 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Driving was the most common way to get to work in every release from 2009 to 2024. Its share peaked in 2018 at 95.4%. Overall it fell from 94.2% in 2009 to 81.1% in 2024, down 13.1 percentage points. It has fallen in each of the last 6 releases.

Working from home gained the most ground in Muskego: its share of workers rose from 3.5% in 2009 to 17.4% in 2024, up 13.9 percentage points. Most of that increase, 13.0 points, came in the releases after 2019, which include the pandemic years.

Public transit lost the most ground, falling from 1.0% to 0.0% of workers (down 1.0 percentage points).

Walking overtook public transit to become the 3rd most common choice in the 2020 release and has stayed ahead since.

Commute Start Times in Muskego

What Time Do People Leave for Work in Muskego?

The bars show when commuters in Muskego leave home for work, as a share of everyone who commutes (people who work from home are not counted), from the 2024 ACS 5-year estimates. The thin violet marks show Wisconsin for comparison. Hover over or tap a row for the exact numbers.

12:00-4:59 AM
3.0%
5:00-5:29 AM
3.7%
5:30-5:59 AM
5.3%
6:00-6:29 AM
11.2%
6:30-6:59 AM
12.3%
7:00-7:29 AM
16.6%
7:30-7:59 AM
10.1%
8:00-8:29 AM
13.4%
8:30-8:59 AM
4.8%
9:00-9:59 AM
3.9%
10:00-10:59 AM
3.4%
11:00-11:59 AM
0.8%
12:00-3:59 PM
6.8%
4:00-11:59 PM
4.6%

Muskego Wisconsin Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates

The busiest time to head out in Muskego is 7:00-7:29 AM, when 16.6% of commuters leave home, compared with 14.7% across Wisconsin. Early starts are less common than in Wisconsin: 12.0% of commuters leave before 6 AM, versus 17.7% there. The morning rush is more concentrated than in Wisconsin: 52.5% of departures fall in the two hours from 6:30 to 8:29 AM, versus 46.8% there. About 1 in 5 commuters (19.5%) leave at 9 AM or later, which usually points to shift work, flexible hours or part-time jobs.

When people leave matters as much as how far they go. Rush-hour traffic shrinks how much ground a 20-minute trip covers, so a trade area drawn as a simple circle often takes in neighborhoods that customers or staff would never drive from and misses others that are an easy trip. A drive-time zone, also called an isochrone, outlines every place within a set number of minutes of an address, which makes it the more honest way to size a store's catchment, a hiring area or the commute from a new home.

See it for yourself on the interactive map: click any spot in Muskego, pick a 5, 10, 15 or 30-minute drive and see the local demographics of the people who live within that exact drive time.

Is Muskego Waking Up Earlier? Typical Departure Time, 2009-2024

Each line follows the typical (median) departure time: the moment by which half of commuters have already left home. Higher on the chart means a later start. Setting Muskego next to Wisconsin and the U.S. shows whether local mornings are drifting earlier or later than everyone else's. The figures span 16 ACS 5-year releases, so changes build up gradually rather than jumping from one year to the next.

Median time commuters leave home, by ACS 5-year release year. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.
Show typical departure times by year
Year Muskego Wisconsin United States
2009 7:20 AM 7:30 AM 7:37 AM
2010 7:20 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2011 7:21 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2012 7:21 AM 7:31 AM 7:38 AM
2013 7:22 AM 7:31 AM 7:39 AM
2014 7:23 AM 7:30 AM 7:39 AM
2015 7:28 AM 7:30 AM 7:38 AM
2016 7:27 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2017 7:24 AM 7:29 AM 7:38 AM
2018 7:24 AM 7:28 AM 7:37 AM
2019 7:23 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2020 7:20 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2021 7:19 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2022 7:21 AM 7:27 AM 7:37 AM
2023 7:21 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM
2024 7:26 AM 7:27 AM 7:38 AM

In 2024, half of commuters in Muskego were on the road by 7:26 AM, 6 minutes later than in 2009 (7:20 AM). That goes against the trend across Wisconsin, where the typical commuter now leaves 3 minutes earlier than in 2009. Commuters in Muskego now leave 12 minutes earlier than the typical American commuter (7:38 AM). Since the 2019 release, which covers the years just before the pandemic, the typical start in Muskego has moved 3 minutes later.

How does Muskego's commute time compare?

Metric Muskego Wisconsin US Average
Avg. Commute Time 22.7 min 18.8 min 22.4 min
Departure Window 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM
Secondary Departure Window 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM 07:30 AM – 07:59 AM
Work From Home 17.4% 13.1% 15.0%
Walked 1.3% 2.6% 2.4%
Public Transit < 0.1% 1.1% 3.2%

The average commute time in Muskego is 22.7 minutes, longer than the 18.8 minutes in Wisconsin.

0.0% commute by public transit, lower than the 1.1% in Wisconsin. 1.3% commute by walking, lower than the 2.6% in Wisconsin.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Muskego, WI Commute Compared With Nearby Cities

How Muskego, WI compares with the 1 cities closest to it.

Area Population One-way commute Work from home Typical departure
Muskego, WI 25,180 22.7 min #2/2 17.4% #1/2 7:26 AM #1/2
New Berlin, WI 42,296 21.2 min 15.4% 7:37 AM

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about commuting in Muskego, Wisconsin.

Is living in Muskego, Wisconsin good for avoiding long commute costs?

Commuters here spend an estimated 189 hours a year on the road, worth roughly $5,861 at a typical national wage. That's 21% more than the typical Wisconsin commuter spends.

When is peak congestion during the morning commute in Muskego, Wisconsin?

Traffic peaks between 07:00 AM – 07:29 AM in Muskego, Wisconsin. Leaving before or after this window is the single easiest way to avoid the heaviest local congestion, though 08:00 AM – 08:29 AM also sees a secondary bump.

How common is public transit use in Muskego, Wisconsin?

Public transit usage is significantly lower here than typical: about 0.0% of commuters use it versus 1.1% in Wisconsin, meaning a personal vehicle is essential for most workers.

How much money can remote workers save in Muskego, Wisconsin?

About 17.4% of workers here already work from home. Working from home just 2 days a week in Muskego would save about 76 hours of drive time a year, worth roughly $2,344 at the same national wage assumption used above.