Beckemeyer vs Germantown

A side-by-side comparison of Beckemeyer and Germantown: population, income, housing, and more.

Beckemeyer and Germantown are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Germantown has the higher population (1,268 vs 1,024 in Beckemeyer). Germantown has the higher median household income ($83,661 vs $64,231 in Beckemeyer). Germantown has the higher median home value ($185,300 vs $112,500 in Beckemeyer).

Population, income & housing

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
Population	1,024	1,268
Median age	46.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,231	$83,661
Median home value	$112,500	$185,300
Median gross rent	$942	$752
Housing units	480	583
Homeownership rate	74.3%	85.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
Population	1,242 → 1,024 (-17.6%)	1,251 → 1,268 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$51,065 → $64,231 (+25.8%)	$64,583 → $83,661 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$91,900 → $112,500 (+22.4%)	$143,600 → $185,300 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$840 → $942 (+12.1%)	$777 → $752 (-3.2%)

Beckemeyer

Population

1,2421,024

Median household income

$51,065$64,231

Median home value

$91,900$112,500

Median gross rent

$840$942

Germantown

Population

1,2511,268

Median household income

$64,583$83,661

Median home value

$143,600$185,300

Median gross rent

$777$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
Under 5	7.6%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.1%	21.2%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	9.9%
35 to 44	12.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	16.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	14.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.2%
75 and over	6.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	97.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
No high school diploma	12.2%	7.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
Drove alone	90.3%	78.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	10.8%
Public transit	1.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
1-unit, detached	78.5%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	12.7%	9.4%

Poverty & households

	Beckemeyer	Germantown
Poverty rate	6.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.33	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1961	1975