Berlin vs Markesan

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

Berlin and Markesan 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 1,276 in Markesan). Markesan has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $55,216 in Berlin). Markesan has the higher median home value ($147,800 vs $143,800 in Berlin).

Population, income & housing

	Berlin	Markesan
Population	5,523	1,276
Median age	41.6 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,216	$61,250
Median home value	$143,800	$147,800
Median gross rent	$814	$479
Housing units	2,689	626
Homeownership rate	58.6%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berlin	Markesan
Population	5,383 → 5,523 (+2.6%)	1,284 → 1,276 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$49,637 → $55,216 (+11.2%)	$54,609 → $61,250 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $143,800 (+31.9%)	$113,000 → $147,800 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$742 → $814 (+9.7%)	$705 → $479 (-32.1%)

Berlin

Population

5,3835,523

Median household income

$49,637$55,216

Median home value

$109,000$143,800

Median gross rent

$742$814

Markesan

Population

1,2841,276

Median household income

$54,609$61,250

Median home value

$113,000$147,800

Median gross rent

$705$479

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berlin	Markesan
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	7.8%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.3%
75 and over	8.3%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berlin	Markesan
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berlin	Markesan
No high school diploma	10.1%	10.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berlin	Markesan
Drove alone	80.4%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	5.3%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	4.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berlin	Markesan
1-unit, detached	63.8%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	7.3%
20 or more units	8.1%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Berlin	Markesan
Poverty rate	17.6%	21.5%
Average household size	2.24	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1966	1959