Germantown vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (6,930 vs 5,796 in Germantown). Germantown has the higher median household income ($84,307 vs $68,837 in Union). Germantown has the higher median home value ($186,900 vs $138,800 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Union
Population	5,796	6,930
Median age	40.0 yrs	37.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,307	$68,837
Median home value	$186,900	$138,800
Median gross rent	$937	$1,106
Housing units	2,350	3,016
Homeownership rate	78.3%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Union
Population	5,502 → 5,796 (+5.3%)	6,628 → 6,930 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$56,036 → $84,307 (+50.5%)	$70,360 → $68,837 (-2.2%)
Median home value	$135,000 → $186,900 (+38.4%)	$100,000 → $138,800 (+38.8%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $937 (+11.9%)	$1,051 → $1,106 (+5.2%)

Germantown

Population

5,5025,796

Median household income

$56,036$84,307

Median home value

$135,000$186,900

Median gross rent

$837$937

Union

Population

6,6286,930

Median household income

$70,360$68,837

Median home value

$100,000$138,800

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Union
Under 5	5.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	8.3%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	12.7%
75 and over	6.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	90.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Union
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.3%
High school graduate	37.6%	38.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Union
Drove alone	82.2%	91.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Union
1-unit, detached	83.1%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Union
Poverty rate	9.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1968	1976