Green Lake vs Markesan

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

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

Markesan has the higher population (1,276 vs 1,054 in Green Lake). Markesan has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $53,841 in Green Lake). Green Lake has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $147,800 in Markesan).

Population, income & housing

	Green Lake	Markesan
Population	1,054	1,276
Median age	53.8 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,841	$61,250
Median home value	$211,400	$147,800
Median gross rent	$719	$479
Housing units	828	626
Homeownership rate	67.2%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Lake	Markesan
Population	833 → 1,054 (+26.5%)	1,284 → 1,276 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$43,167 → $53,841 (+24.7%)	$54,609 → $61,250 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$168,200 → $211,400 (+25.7%)	$113,000 → $147,800 (+30.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)	$705 → $479 (-32.1%)

Green Lake

Population

8331,054

Median household income

$43,167$53,841

Median home value

$168,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

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)

	Green Lake	Markesan
Under 5	3.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	10.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.3%
75 and over	15.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Lake	Markesan
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.6%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Lake	Markesan
No high school diploma	8.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	21.7%	36.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Lake	Markesan
Drove alone	58.3%	81.5%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	11.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Lake	Markesan
1-unit, detached	69.0%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	7.3%
20 or more units	3.5%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Green Lake	Markesan
Poverty rate	12.9%	21.5%
Average household size	1.71	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1969	1959