Germantown vs Rockville

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

Germantown and Rockville 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 67,218 in Rockville). Rockville has the higher median household income ($122,384 vs $112,149 in Germantown). Rockville has the higher median home value ($658,300 vs $401,400 in Germantown).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Rockville
Population	90,521	67,218
Median age	37.6 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$112,149	$122,384
Median home value	$401,400	$658,300
Median gross rent	$1,978	$2,244
Housing units	32,540	28,169
Homeownership rate	66.9%	53.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.2%	64.6%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Rockville
Population	90,582 → 90,521 (-0.1%)	67,542 → 67,218 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$94,559 → $112,149 (+18.6%)	$106,576 → $122,384 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$345,400 → $401,400 (+16.2%)	$540,000 → $658,300 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,747 → $1,978 (+13.2%)	$1,921 → $2,244 (+16.8%)

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

Rockville

Population

67,54267,218

Median household income

$106,576$122,384

Median home value

$540,000$658,300

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,244

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Rockville
Under 5	6.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	17.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.0%
25 to 34	13.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.9%	9.0%
75 and over	3.4%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Rockville
White (non-Hispanic)	23.9%	44.5%
Black or African American	25.3%	10.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	21.5%	21.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	24.1%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Rockville
No high school diploma	10.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	16.8%	11.3%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.7%	37.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Rockville
Drove alone	62.2%	47.2%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.2%
Public transit	5.2%	12.5%
Walked	0.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.2%	30.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Rockville
1-unit, detached	26.3%	40.2%
1-unit, attached	41.2%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	5.1%	32.1%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Rockville
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1989	1980