Mouscron / Moeskroen has 58,474 inhabitants across 40.6 km². The average age is close to 40, and 65% of residents own their homes. The population is 75.3% Belgian, 21.1% French, 0.6% Italian, 0.4% Moroccan, 0.3% Portuguese, 0.3% Romanian, 0.2% Spanish and 1.7% other nationalities. Average net income is €15,241 per year. Women account for 51.5% of the population. Households have an average of 1 car.
Houses make up 84.9% of the building stock, compared with 15.1% apartment buildings. The average building dates from around 1939, and homes have an average of 5.3 rooms. Across all building types, 52.7% are closed-type houses, 14% semi-closed houses, 12.9% open-type houses, farms or castles, 14.1% buildings and flat blocks, 3.5% commercial houses and 2.8% other buildings. There are currently 202 houses for sale. The average asking price is €310,447, with listings ranging from €97,000 to €2,919,475.
The A14 / E17 is 4 minutes by car from the centre, and the A17 / E403 is 5 minutes away. Other accessible roads are the N43, N58, N512, N513 and N514. Bus services include TEC lines M, MWR and P, among the 11 lines serving the commune; the listed routes connect Mouscron with local destinations and Roubaix. Nearby stations include Moeskroen / Mouscron, Moeskroen-Grens / Mouscron-Frontiere, Herseaux, Tourcoing and Roubaix. The commune has 45 nurseries, 34 nursery schools, 36 primary schools and 12 secondary schools. Named examples include M. D., L'Ile Aux Enfants, Ecole Fondamentale Saint-Charles and College Sainte-Marie D.o.a.
Shopping options include 3 Aldi, 3 Lidl, 3 Delhaize, 2 Spar, 2 Carrefour, 2 Colruyt, 1 Louis Delhaize, 1 Match / Smatch and 1 Intermarché. There are 3 electric-vehicle charging stations. Shared bicycles and shared cars are not available in the commune. Wevelgem Airport is 11 minutes away by car or 66 minutes by public transport. These local connections and services sit alongside a housing stock in which closed-type houses are the largest listed building category.