One thing noticeable about Germantown, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Germantown is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Germantown a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
In Germantown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.39 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.
Although the majority of commuting trips in the town are by private automobile, Germantown is somewhat unusual for a town of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. For a lot of people, the bus helps to get to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Germantown area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.
The education level of Germantown ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Germantown, 48.91% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Germantown in 2022 was $47,975, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,900 for a family of four. However, Germantown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Germantown is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Germantown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Germantown residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Germantown also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.13% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Germantown include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian.
In addition, Germantown has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (37.40%).
The most common language spoken in Germantown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
