In Mouscron / Moeskroen, 58,474 people live within 40.6 km². The average age is close to 40, and the average net income is €15,241 a year. Home ownership stands at 65%; women make up 51.5% of residents. The population includes 75.3% Belgians, 21.1% French, 0.6% Italians, 0.4% Moroccans, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Romanians, 0.2% Spanish and 1.7% other nationalities. Households average 1 car.
Apartment buildings account for 15.1% of the building stock, while houses account for 84.9%. The average building dates to around 1939, and the average home has 5.3 rooms. The wider building mix includes 14.1% buildings and flat blocks, 52.7% closed-type houses, 14% semi-closed houses, 12.9% open-type houses, farms or castles, 3.5% commercial houses and 2.8% other types. There are 87 flats for sale at present. Their average listed price is €224,147; the lowest listed price is €69,900 and the highest is €770,000.
For road travel, the A14 / E17 is 4 minutes from the centre and the A17 / E403 is 5 minutes away. The N43, N58, N512, N513 and N514 are also accessible. The commune has 11 bus lines, including TEC M for local Mouscron services, MWR between Mouscron and Roubaix, and P for local service. Stations close to the centre include Moeskroen / Mouscron, Moeskroen-Grens / Mouscron-Frontiere, Herseaux, Tourcoing and Roubaix. Families have access to 45 nurseries, 34 nursery schools, 36 primary schools and 12 secondary schools. Examples include L'Ile Aux Enfants, Site Educatif Pierre De Coubertin, Centre Éducatif Européen and Institut Communal D'Enseignement Technique.
The commune’s supermarkets include 3 Aldi, 3 Lidl and 3 Delhaize, plus 2 each of Spar, Carrefour and Colruyt, and 1 each of Louis Delhaize, Match / Smatch and Intermarché. There are 3 EV charging stations, but no shared bicycle or shared-car service. Wevelgem Airport can be reached in 11 minutes by car or 66 minutes by public transport. With flats forming part of a building stock that is predominantly houses, the current apartment listings span the stated range from €69,900 to €770,000.