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.

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.

One thing that you will notice about Germantown is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Germantown a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

One downside of living in Germantown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Germantown, the average commute to work is 33.39 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Germantown use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Germantown‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

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 2018 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.