Germantown vs Lakeland

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

Germantown and Lakeland 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 14,068 in Lakeland). Germantown has the higher median household income ($144,799 vs $113,843 in Lakeland). Germantown has the higher median home value ($441,200 vs $373,800 in Lakeland).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Lakeland
Population	40,812	14,068
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$144,799	$113,843
Median home value	$441,200	$373,800
Median gross rent	$1,760	$1,611
Housing units	16,134	5,270
Homeownership rate	86.2%	80.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	55.7%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Lakeland
Population	39,193 → 40,812 (+4.1%)	12,606 → 14,068 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$118,163 → $144,799 (+22.5%)	$103,074 → $113,843 (+10.4%)
Median home value	$331,700 → $441,200 (+33.0%)	$257,400 → $373,800 (+45.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,387 → $1,760 (+26.9%)	$1,200 → $1,611 (+34.3%)

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

Lakeland

Population

12,60614,068

Median household income

$103,074$113,843

Median home value

$257,400$373,800

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,611

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Lakeland
Under 5	6.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	20.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	6.3%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	11.3%	9.8%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.1%
75 and over	9.9%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Lakeland
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	76.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	11.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Lakeland
No high school diploma	1.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	7.7%	15.2%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.1%	32.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.0%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Lakeland
Drove alone	76.1%	80.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	6.1%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.8%	13.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Lakeland
1-unit, detached	82.5%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Lakeland
Poverty rate	2.9%	2.4%
Average household size	2.61	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	27
Median year structure built	1983	1998