Population

90,719

US Census ACS 2024 5-year average

Median home value

$422,400

Owner-occupied units

Germantown, MD

Maryland · 39.174° N, 77.264° W · 17 sq mi

Germantown is a city in Maryland, with a population of 90,719 and about 5,326 residents per square mile. The median household earns $117,546 a year, and the median home is worth $422,400.

Conditions

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Local time

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Size & density

Land area

17 sq mi

Water excluded

Population density

5,326

People per square mile

Rank by population

#410

Of cities on this site

Rank by area

#701

Of cities on this site

Money & housing

Median household income

$117,546

US median ≈ $78,538

Median gross rent

$2,040

Per month

Homeownership

67.2%

US ≈ 65%

Average commute

30.8 min

One way

People

Median age

37.5

US median 39.1

Bachelor's degree +

50.4%

Age 25 and over

Foreign born

37.8%

Households

31,828

2.85 people each

Climate · 2021–2025 average

Clear days 23^/yr Mostly or fully clear sky

Days with rain 161^/yr 0.01 in or more

Days with snow 19^/yr

Days above 90° 24^/yr

Below freezing 78^/yr

Annual rainfall 46ⁱⁿ Inches per year, scaled to 70 in — the rows above count days

Warmest month

July

Average high 88°F

Coldest month

January

Average low 27°F

What people here do for work

Education & health care 23.9^%

Professional & business services 20.4^%

Public administration 9.9^%

Retail trade 9.2^%

Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024

Wealthiest person in Maryland

Name

Annette Lerner & family

Forbes, Apr 2025

Net worth

$5.5B

As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live

Lives in

Chevy Chase

Source of wealth

Real estate

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

Largest employer in Maryland · private sector

Employer

Johns Hopkins

Sector

Education & health

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.

Largest public company in Maryland

Company

Lockheed Martin

Revenue

$71.0B

Fiscal year 2024

Headquarters

Bethesda

Ticker

LMT

Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.

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State of Maryland

State bird

Baltimore Oriole

State flower

Black-eyed Susan

State capital

Annapolis

Nickname

The Old Line State

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