Germantown vs Hartford

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

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

Germantown has the higher population (20,940 vs 15,761 in Hartford). Germantown has the higher median household income ($104,337 vs $74,252 in Hartford). Germantown has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $261,300 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Hartford
Population	20,940	15,761
Median age	42.3 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$104,337	$74,252
Median home value	$356,700	$261,300
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,095
Housing units	8,619	6,696
Homeownership rate	75.9%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Hartford
Population	20,166 → 20,940 (+3.8%)	14,977 → 15,761 (+5.2%)
Median household income	$87,562 → $104,337 (+19.2%)	$56,784 → $74,252 (+30.8%)
Median home value	$264,100 → $356,700 (+35.1%)	$188,000 → $261,300 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,310 (+23.1%)	$818 → $1,095 (+33.9%)

Germantown

Population

20,16620,940

Median household income

$87,562$104,337

Median home value

$264,100$356,700

Median gross rent

$1,064$1,310

Hartford

Population

14,97715,761

Median household income

$56,784$74,252

Median home value

$188,000$261,300

Median gross rent

$818$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Hartford
Under 5	4.5%	5.1%
5 to 17	18.3%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.6%
35 to 44	15.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	8.3%
75 and over	7.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	6.3%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Hartford
No high school diploma	4.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Hartford
Drove alone	78.3%	77.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.4%	13.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Hartford
1-unit, detached	61.7%	56.5%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	11.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	15.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Hartford
Poverty rate	3.2%	8.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1986	1993