Arlington vs Germantown

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

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

Germantown has the higher population (40,812 vs 14,989 in Arlington). Germantown has the higher median household income ($144,799 vs $125,909 in Arlington). Germantown has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $367,700 in Arlington).

Population, income & housing

	Arlington	Germantown
Population	14,989	40,812
Median age	35.2 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,909	$144,799
Median home value	$367,700	$441,200
Median gross rent	$2,046	$1,760
Housing units	4,843	16,134
Homeownership rate	85.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.1%	71.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arlington	Germantown
Population	11,697 → 14,989 (+28.1%)	39,193 → 40,812 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$102,114 → $125,909 (+23.3%)	$118,163 → $144,799 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$238,500 → $367,700 (+54.2%)	$331,700 → $441,200 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,801 → $2,046 (+13.6%)	$1,387 → $1,760 (+26.9%)

Arlington

Population

11,69714,989

Median household income

$102,114$125,909

Median home value

$238,500$367,700

Median gross rent

$1,801$2,046

Germantown

Population

39,19340,812

Median household income

$118,163$144,799

Median home value

$331,700$441,200

Median gross rent

$1,387$1,760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arlington	Germantown
Under 5	7.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	25.8%	20.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.1%
55 to 64	8.7%	11.3%
65 to 74	6.6%	14.0%
75 and over	2.4%	9.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arlington	Germantown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	83.9%
Black or African American	11.9%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arlington	Germantown
No high school diploma	2.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	18.4%	7.7%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	19.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.5%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.5%	33.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arlington	Germantown
Drove alone	80.7%	76.1%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.4%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	16.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arlington	Germantown
1-unit, detached	95.6%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	7.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Arlington	Germantown
Poverty rate	5.4%	2.9%
Average household size	3.17	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	2004	1983