Green Lake County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,439 90.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,079 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 90 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 219 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 310 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 65 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 47 0.2%

• Under 18 4,175 21.7%
• 18–24 1,409 7.3%
• 25–44 3,917 20.3%
• 45–64 5,235 27.2%
• 65 and over 4,527 23.5%

Median household income

$73,849

90% interval $68,075–$79,623

−$3,708 vs WI · 35th of 72

Below poverty line

13.6%

90% interval 11.8%–15.4%

+3.3 pp vs WI · 7th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$904.2M

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,586

Establishments

537

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,171 20.1%
• Education & health services 973 16.7%
• Manufacturing 939 16.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 658 11.3%
• Financial activities 294 5.0%
• Construction 248 4.3%
• Professional & business services 243 4.2%
• Natural resources & mining 190 3.3%
• Other services 160 2.7%
• Information 38 0.7%
• Public administration 16 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 84.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+6.7 pp vs WI · 44th of 72

Median gross rent

$818

−$269 vs WI · 51st of 72

Owner-occupied

6,170

Renter-occupied

2,115

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $77,756/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,118/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,458 67.6%
• Democratic 3,449 31.3%
• Other / third-party 126 1.1%

• German or other West Germanic 976 5.4%
• Spanish 422 2.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 30 0.2%
• Chinese 25 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 15 0.1%

Households

8,285

Family households

5,294

63.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,199

22.6% of families

Single-mother families

454

8.6% of families

Veterans

1,113

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,264 27.7%
• Catholic 3,689 19.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,340 7.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 162 0.9%

Health insured

91.0%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±1.3 pp

7th of 72

With a disability

15.6%

±1.5 pp

17th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

22.8%

±1.7 pp

−10.6 pp vs WI · 43rd of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.7%

90% interval 7.7%–9.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Green Lake County Circuit Court (4th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction: city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)

Court seats

Green Lake

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

13.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2