Germantown vs Hoffman

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

Germantown and Hoffman 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 627 in Hoffman). Germantown has the higher median household income ($83,661 vs $70,292 in Hoffman). Germantown has the higher median home value ($185,300 vs $109,600 in Hoffman).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Hoffman
Population	1,268	627
Median age	44.1 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,661	$70,292
Median home value	$185,300	$109,600
Median gross rent	$752	$920
Housing units	583	220
Homeownership rate	85.9%	91.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	8.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Hoffman
Population	1,251 → 1,268 (+1.4%)	470 → 627 (+33.4%)
Median household income	$64,583 → $83,661 (+29.5%)	$44,375 → $70,292 (+58.4%)
Median home value	$143,600 → $185,300 (+29.0%)	$88,800 → $109,600 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$777 → $752 (-3.2%)	$783 → $920 (+17.5%)

Germantown

Population

1,2511,268

Median household income

$64,583$83,661

Median home value

$143,600$185,300

Median gross rent

$777$752

Hoffman

Population

470627

Median household income

$44,375$70,292

Median home value

$88,800$109,600

Median gross rent

$783$920

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Hoffman
Under 5	2.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.2%	27.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.9%	16.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	8.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	18.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	5.6%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Hoffman
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Hoffman
No high school diploma	7.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	31.5%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Hoffman
Drove alone	78.0%	95.7%
Carpooled	10.8%	2.4%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Hoffman
1-unit, detached	81.0%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.4%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Hoffman
Poverty rate	6.2%	4.6%
Average household size	2.26	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1975	1967