Gaithersburg vs Germantown

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

Gaithersburg 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 69,225 in Gaithersburg). Germantown has the higher median household income ($112,149 vs $107,496 in Gaithersburg). Gaithersburg has the higher median home value ($484,500 vs $401,400 in Germantown).

Population, income & housing

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
Population	69,225	90,521
Median age	37.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$107,496	$112,149
Median home value	$484,500	$401,400
Median gross rent	$2,008	$1,978
Housing units	27,386	32,540
Homeownership rate	51.3%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.4%	50.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
Population	67,742 → 69,225 (+2.2%)	90,582 → 90,521 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$89,763 → $107,496 (+19.8%)	$94,559 → $112,149 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$392,200 → $484,500 (+23.5%)	$345,400 → $401,400 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,740 → $2,008 (+15.4%)	$1,747 → $1,978 (+13.2%)

Gaithersburg

Population

67,74269,225

Median household income

$89,763$107,496

Median home value

$392,200$484,500

Median gross rent

$1,740$2,008

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)

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
Under 5	7.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	17.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.6%
35 to 44	16.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.9%
75 and over	6.1%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	31.2%	23.9%
Black or African American	15.0%	25.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	19.5%	21.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.5%	24.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
No high school diploma	11.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	16.1%	16.8%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	22.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.7%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.7%	23.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
Drove alone	54.2%	62.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	10.2%
Public transit	6.6%	5.2%
Walked	1.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	23.9%	19.2%
Other means	2.3%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
1-unit, detached	19.6%	26.3%
1-unit, attached	29.0%	41.2%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	26.9%	22.0%
20 or more units	21.9%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Gaithersburg	Germantown
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.5%
Average household size	2.65	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	33
Median year structure built	1989	1989