Green Lake vs Marquette

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

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

Green Lake has the higher population (1,054 vs 248 in Marquette). Marquette has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $53,841 in Green Lake). Green Lake has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $202,800 in Marquette).

Population, income & housing

	Green Lake	Marquette
Population	1,054	248
Median age	53.8 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,841	$58,125
Median home value	$211,400	$202,800
Median gross rent	$719	$889
Housing units	828	169
Homeownership rate	67.2%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	4.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Lake	Marquette
Population	833 → 1,054 (+26.5%)	198 → 248 (+25.3%)
Median household income	$43,167 → $53,841 (+24.7%)	$49,375 → $58,125 (+17.7%)
Median home value	$168,200 → $211,400 (+25.7%)	$124,200 → $202,800 (+63.3%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)	$583 → $889 (+52.5%)

Green Lake

Population

8331,054

Median household income

$43,167$53,841

Median home value

$168,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Marquette

Population

198248

Median household income

$49,375$58,125

Median home value

$124,200$202,800

Median gross rent

$583$889

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Lake	Marquette
Under 5	3.4%	2.0%
5 to 17	10.2%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	1.6%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	26.6%
65 to 74	17.6%	21.8%
75 and over	15.8%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Lake	Marquette
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	98.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Lake	Marquette
No high school diploma	8.4%	13.0%
High school graduate	21.7%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	4.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Lake	Marquette
Drove alone	58.3%	77.6%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	12.2%
Other means	0.6%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Lake	Marquette
1-unit, detached	69.0%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	3.5%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Green Lake	Marquette
Poverty rate	12.9%	10.1%
Average household size	1.71	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	1969	1974