Germantown is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 91,249 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Germantown is the third largest community in Maryland.Germantown is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 87.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Germantown is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Germantown who work in management occupations (9.99%), office and administrative support (9.79%), and computer science and math (9.68%). 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: 16.67% 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. 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.
