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Germantown, MD
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Germantown profile


Living in Germantown



Germantown is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 91,249 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, Germantown is the third largest community in Maryland.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.33% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Another interesting thing about Germantown, despite not being a huge town, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One downside of living in Germantown, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 34.05 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

For the size of the town, public transportation in Germantown is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For Germantown, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The citizens of Germantown are among the most well-educated in the nation: 48.65% of adults in Germantown have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Germantown in 2018 was $43,670, which is middle income relative to Maryland, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,680 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 23.79% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Germantown include German, Irish, English, African, and Italian.

Germantown also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 38.41%.

The most common language spoken in Germantown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.