Brookville vs Germantown

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

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

Brookville has the higher population (6,234 vs 5,796 in Germantown). Germantown has the higher median household income ($84,307 vs $62,569 in Brookville). Germantown has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $170,900 in Brookville).

Population, income & housing

	Brookville	Germantown
Population	6,234	5,796
Median age	44.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,569	$84,307
Median home value	$170,900	$186,900
Median gross rent	$917	$937
Housing units	2,660	2,350
Homeownership rate	61.8%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	26.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookville	Germantown
Population	5,919 → 6,234 (+5.3%)	5,502 → 5,796 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$52,007 → $62,569 (+20.3%)	$56,036 → $84,307 (+50.5%)
Median home value	$131,400 → $170,900 (+30.1%)	$135,000 → $186,900 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$682 → $917 (+34.5%)	$837 → $937 (+11.9%)

Brookville

Population

5,9196,234

Median household income

$52,007$62,569

Median home value

$131,400$170,900

Median gross rent

$682$917

Germantown

Population

5,5025,796

Median household income

$56,036$84,307

Median home value

$135,000$186,900

Median gross rent

$837$937

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookville	Germantown
Under 5	4.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	20.8%
18 to 24	4.1%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.4%	8.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.8%	15.8%
55 to 64	8.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.3%
75 and over	14.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookville	Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookville	Germantown
No high school diploma	7.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	43.5%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookville	Germantown
Drove alone	87.5%	82.2%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	3.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookville	Germantown
1-unit, detached	72.0%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Brookville	Germantown
Poverty rate	7.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.44	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1976	1968