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Germantown, MD

91,497 Population
17 square miles 5,371.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Maryland: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,699 ±$5,556 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $63,559 ±$522
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $53,199 ±$548
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$122,406 ±$15,037 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $126,244 ±$1,374
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Maryland: $102,905 ±$1,404
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.9% ±4.7% (9,982  ±4,419) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 8.3% 523,048 (±0.4% / ±23,764)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 9.1% 555,770 (±0.4% / ±25,230)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33 minutes ±7.2 (1,418,555  ±215,528) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 33.8 93,357,944 (±0.3 / ±1,118,366)
  • about the same as the figure in Maryland: 32.3 87,922,816 (±0.3 / ±1,040,848)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

32,826 ±2,745 Number of households
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,415,530 ±7,433
  • Maryland: 2,401,394 ±7,099
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.8 ±0.2 (91,421  ±10,953) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2.6 6,333,457 (±0 / ±2,832)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Maryland: 2.6 6,133,638
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.8% ±5.7% (2,182  ±1,325) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 5% 80,297 (±0.4% / ±5,800)
  • about double the rate in Maryland: 5% 73,197 (±0.4% / ±5,454)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

33,630 ±2,817 Number of housing units
  • the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 2,550,314 ±1,620
  • Maryland: 2,588,337 ±274
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$448,200 ±$47,433 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: $604,800 ±$4,223
  • a little higher than the amount in Maryland: $436,300 ±$3,089
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.2% ±3.5% (10,968  ±3,376.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 12.5% 798,264 (±0.5% / ±28,753.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 10.7% 660,535 (±0.4% / ±26,018.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.1% ±12.4% (58,678  ±5,184) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 91.3% 4,058,848 (±0.8% / ±33,896)
  • about the same as the rate in Maryland: 91.4% 3,989,793 (±0.8% / ±33,937.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
50% ±0.5% (31,881  ±3,235.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 55.5% 2,466,941 (±0.5% / ±23,939.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Maryland: 44.7% 1,950,279 (±0.5% / ±22,486.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

38.6% ±5.3% (35,349  ±6,450) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 24.7% 1,589,838 (±0.5% / ±29,196)
  • more than double the rate in Maryland: 17.1% 1,070,852
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±1% (2,944  ±800) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area: 6.8% 338,418 (±0.2% / ±9,315)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Maryland: 6.8% 331,906 (±0.2% / ±10,821)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,944 Total veterans ±800 2,585 Male ±767 359 Female ±249

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