Germantown vs Jackson

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

Germantown and Jackson 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 7,882 in Jackson). Germantown has the higher median household income ($104,337 vs $95,960 in Jackson). Germantown has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $295,600 in Jackson).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Jackson
Population	20,940	7,882
Median age	42.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,337	$95,960
Median home value	$356,700	$295,600
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,123
Housing units	8,619	3,518
Homeownership rate	75.9%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Jackson
Population	20,166 → 20,940 (+3.8%)	7,081 → 7,882 (+11.3%)
Median household income	$87,562 → $104,337 (+19.2%)	$70,974 → $95,960 (+35.2%)
Median home value	$264,100 → $356,700 (+35.1%)	$209,800 → $295,600 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,310 (+23.1%)	$1,000 → $1,123 (+12.3%)

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

Jackson

Population

7,0817,882

Median household income

$70,974$95,960

Median home value

$209,800$295,600

Median gross rent

$1,000$1,123

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Jackson
Under 5	4.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.9%
25 to 34	9.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.1%	15.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	16.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Jackson
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	92.5%
Black or African American	4.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Jackson
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Jackson
Drove alone	78.3%	80.0%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	14.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Jackson
1-unit, detached	61.7%	45.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	14.6%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	8.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	20.5%
20 or more units	7.1%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Jackson
Poverty rate	3.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1986	1999