Germantown is a medium-sized city located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 37,281 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Germantown is the 15th largest community in Tennessee.

Germantown is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 90.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Germantown is a city of sales and office workers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Germantown who work in management occupations (20.68%), sales jobs (18.58%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.97%).

Also of interest is that Germantown has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Germantown is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

"If you live in Germantown, you are going to have to drive to get to work," say area residents. At least that is what most Germantown residents do (98.7%). Germantown is primarily built for cars, and driving around town will bare this out. Shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets are what you'll find. Sidewalks? Sure. But not everywhere, and walking to most places can be downright scary.

Even though Germantown is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

Germantown Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Germantown. 60.02% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Germantown in 2000 was $44,021, which is wealthy relative to Tennessee and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $176,084 for a family of four. However, Germantown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Germantown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Germantown is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Germantown include English, German, Irish, Italian, Scotch-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Germantown is English.