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Berlin city, Wisconsin: commercial real estate data.
Berlin city is a Census city of 5,562 people across 5.92 square miles of land, lying across Green Lake County and Waushara County. Median household income is $59,472, 56.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 10 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.1 m.
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Berlin
What Berlin is
- Census place typecity
- Land area5.92 sq mi
- Water area0.61 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land940
- County holding the largest share of its areaGreen Lake County, 87.3 percent
- Counties this place lies inGreen Lake County 87.3 percent, Waushara County 12.7 percent
Berlin city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berlin
How many people live in Berlin
- Population5,562
- Median age40.1
- Population under 181,314
- Share under 1823.6 percent
- Population 65 and over1,059
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households2,477
- Family households1,522
- Share of households that are families61.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berlin
Income and work in Berlin
- Median household income$59,472
- Per capita income$31,907
- Civilian labor force2,483
- Employed2,427
- Unemployed56 plus or minus 48
- Unemployment rate2.3 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Adults 25 and over3,869
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.2 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.9 percent plus or minus 1.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berlin
Housing in Berlin
- Housing units2,742
- Occupied units2,477
- Vacant units265 plus or minus 109
- Vacancy rate9.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied1,408
- Renter occupied1,069
- Ownership rate56.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$160,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$832
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.8 percent
- Single family units1,759
- Share single family64.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more972 plus or minus 199
- Share in buildings of two or more35.4 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Mobile homes11 plus or minus 17
- Median year structure built1968
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berlin
How Berlin gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute2,278
- Commuting under 15 minutes856 plus or minus 180
- Share commuting under 15 minutes37.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more802 plus or minus 166
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more35.2 percent
- Drove alone81.2 percent
- Carpooled5.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport1.3 percent plus or minus 0.9
- Walked5.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Worked from home5.2 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Berlin
SBA 7(a) lending to Berlin borrowers
- Approvals10
- Gross approval$5,145,700
- Average approval$514,570
- Median approval$250,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,825,000
- Largest approval$2,825,000
- Jobs supported70
- Jobs per approval7.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more30.0 percent
- Share to franchises10.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Berlin
SBA 504 lending to Berlin borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$192,000
- Average approval$192,000
- Median approval$192,000
- Largest approval$192,000
- Jobs supported1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Green Lake County, not Berlin
Green Lake County context, not Berlin figures
These are Green Lake County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Berlin measurements.
- Establishments in Green Lake County463
- Employment at those establishments, Green Lake County4,954
- Covered employment, Green Lake County5,899
- Average annual pay, Green Lake County$49,517
- Average weekly wage, Green Lake County$952
- Housing units permitted, Green Lake County70
- Of those, single family, Green Lake County66
- County product, 2024, Green Lake County$904,244,000
- County product change over the prior year, Green Lake County4.5 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Green Lake County$64,572
Every figure in this section is published for Green Lake County as a whole and is not a measurement of Berlin. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Berlin questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Berlin, Wisconsin?
5,562, in 2,477 households. Berlin city covers 5.92 square miles of land, which is 940 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Berlin in?
Berlin lies in more than one. By area it is 87.3 percent in Green Lake County, 12.7 percent in Waushara County. This page sits under Green Lake County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Berlin?
$59,472. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $160,300. Median gross rent is $832 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Berlin businesses?
10 7(a) approvals totalling $5.1 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $250,000, plus 1 504 approvals worth $192,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Berlin, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Berlin borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Berlin. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Berlin figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Green Lake County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Berlin.
Is zoning published for Berlin?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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