What is the population of Berlin city?

Berlin city has 5,523 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #145 of 807 in Wisconsin.

What is the median household income in Berlin city?

Median household income in Berlin city is $55,216 a year, 29.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Berlin city?

Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $143,800, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.

Is Berlin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Berlin city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Berlin, WI population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Berlin, Wisconsin (Berlin, WI — Census place “Berlin city”) is 5,523 residents, ranking #145 of 807 places in Wisconsin. Median household income is $55,216, the median home is worth $143,800 and median gross rent runs $814 a month. Looking for the Berlin Wisconsin ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Berlin, WI: 54923.

Population: 5,523Berlin city residents
Median household income: $55,216Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $143,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $814Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.6%Owner-occupied households

Berlin ZIP codes (Wisconsin)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Berlin.

The Berlin WI ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

54923

What the numbers mean in Berlin city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Berlin city median would spend about 17.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 17.6% of residents and 58.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Berlin city, WI in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Berlin city is a mid-size town in Wisconsin, with 5,523 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #145 of 807 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 41.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Berlin city earn a median of $55,216 a year, 29.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 25% below the $73,880 median for the 395 Wisconsin cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 17.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Berlin city is valued at $143,800, 52.6% below the national figure and 32% below the $211,900 peer median, while median gross rent runs $814 a month, 42.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,768 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 58.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Berlin city?: Berlin city has 5,523 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #145 of 807 in Wisconsin.
What is the median household income in Berlin city?: Median household income in Berlin city is $55,216 a year, 29.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Berlin city?: Median gross rent is $814 a month and the median home value is $143,800, so rent absorbs about 17.7% of median household income.
Is Berlin city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Berlin city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Berlin city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.