Green Lake vs Princeton

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

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

Princeton has the higher population (1,167 vs 1,054 in Green Lake). Princeton has the higher median household income ($54,167 vs $53,841 in Green Lake). Green Lake has the higher median home value ($211,400 vs $102,100 in Princeton).

Population, income & housing

	Green Lake	Princeton
Population	1,054	1,167
Median age	53.8 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,841	$54,167
Median home value	$211,400	$102,100
Median gross rent	$719	$728
Housing units	828	604
Homeownership rate	67.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Lake	Princeton
Population	833 → 1,054 (+26.5%)	1,190 → 1,167 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$43,167 → $53,841 (+24.7%)	$41,771 → $54,167 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$168,200 → $211,400 (+25.7%)	$88,200 → $102,100 (+15.8%)
Median gross rent	$579 → $719 (+24.2%)	$640 → $728 (+13.8%)

Green Lake

Population

8331,054

Median household income

$43,167$53,841

Median home value

$168,200$211,400

Median gross rent

$579$719

Princeton

Population

1,1901,167

Median household income

$41,771$54,167

Median home value

$88,200$102,100

Median gross rent

$640$728

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Lake	Princeton
Under 5	3.4%	4.2%
5 to 17	10.2%	13.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	10.7%
25 to 34	13.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	17.6%	20.7%
75 and over	15.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Lake	Princeton
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	95.8%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Lake	Princeton
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.7%	51.7%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	21.9%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Lake	Princeton
Drove alone	58.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	9.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Lake	Princeton
1-unit, detached	69.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	17.0%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Green Lake	Princeton
Poverty rate	12.9%	15.2%
Average household size	1.71	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1969	1948