Aspen Hill vs Germantown

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

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

Germantown has the higher population (90,521 vs 53,752 in Aspen Hill). Germantown has the higher median household income ($112,149 vs $109,026 in Aspen Hill). Aspen Hill has the higher median home value ($538,000 vs $401,400 in Germantown).

Population, income & housing

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
Population	53,752	90,521
Median age	37.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$109,026	$112,149
Median home value	$538,000	$401,400
Median gross rent	$1,925	$1,978
Housing units	17,992	32,540
Homeownership rate	64.4%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
Population	53,049 → 53,752 (+1.3%)	90,582 → 90,521 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$87,055 → $109,026 (+25.2%)	$94,559 → $112,149 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$423,300 → $538,000 (+27.1%)	$345,400 → $401,400 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,684 → $1,925 (+14.3%)	$1,747 → $1,978 (+13.2%)

Aspen Hill

Population

53,04953,752

Median household income

$87,055$109,026

Median home value

$423,300$538,000

Median gross rent

$1,684$1,925

Germantown

Population

90,58290,521

Median household income

$94,559$112,149

Median home value

$345,400$401,400

Median gross rent

$1,747$1,978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
Under 5	5.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	13.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	7.9%
75 and over	6.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	23.9%
Black or African American	15.7%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.3%	21.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	35.0%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
No high school diploma	15.1%	10.4%
High school graduate	21.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
Drove alone	54.2%	62.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	10.2%
Public transit	10.2%	5.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	20.5%	19.2%
Other means	1.5%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
1-unit, detached	52.3%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	12.4%	41.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	28.6%	22.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Aspen Hill	Germantown
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.5%
Average household size	3.06	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1970	1989