Berlin vs Green Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Berlin and Green Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Berlin and Green Lake are places in Wisconsin. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berlin has the higher population (5,523 vs 1,054 in Green Lake). Berlin has the higher median household income ($55,216 vs $53,841 in Green Lake). Green Lake has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $143,800 in Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Green Lake
Population	5,523	1,054
Median age	41.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,216	$53,841
Median home value	$143,800	$211,400
Median gross rent	$814	$719
Housing units	2,689	828
Homeownership rate	58.6%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	31.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Green Lake
Population	5,383 → 5,523 (+2.6%)	833 → 1,054 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$49,637 → $55,216 (+11.2%)	$43,167 → $53,841 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $143,800 (+31.9%)	$168,200 → $211,400 (+25.7%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $814 (+9.7%)	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)

Berlin

Population

5,3835,523

Median household income

$49,637$55,216

Median home value

$109,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$742$814

Green Lake

Population

8331,054

Median household income

$43,167$53,841

Median home value

$168,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Green Lake
Under 5	5.2%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	10.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	11.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	14.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	17.6%
75 and over	8.3%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Green Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Green Lake
No high school diploma	10.1%	8.4%
High school graduate	40.0%	21.7%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Green Lake
Drove alone	80.4%	58.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	11.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.6%	21.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Green Lake
1-unit, detached	63.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	17.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Green Lake
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.9%
Average household size	2.24	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1966	1969