Germantown vs Richfield

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

Germantown and Richfield 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 11,806 in Richfield). Richfield has the higher median household income ($135,774 vs $104,337 in Germantown). Richfield has the higher median home value ($456,500 vs $356,700 in Germantown).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Richfield
Population	20,940	11,806
Median age	42.3 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,337	$135,774
Median home value	$356,700	$456,500
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,460
Housing units	8,619	4,725
Homeownership rate	75.9%	97.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Richfield
Population	20,166 → 20,940 (+3.8%)	11,690 → 11,806 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$87,562 → $104,337 (+19.2%)	$105,441 → $135,774 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$264,100 → $356,700 (+35.1%)	$323,700 → $456,500 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,310 (+23.1%)	$1,038 → $1,460 (+40.7%)

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

Richfield

Population

11,69011,806

Median household income

$105,441$135,774

Median home value

$323,700$456,500

Median gross rent

$1,038$1,460

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Richfield
Under 5	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	18.3%	15.5%
18 to 24	5.6%	6.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	8.1%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.6%
55 to 64	16.9%	18.0%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.7%
75 and over	7.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Richfield
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	95.9%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	6.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Richfield
No high school diploma	4.1%	1.4%
High school graduate	20.0%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	16.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Richfield
Drove alone	78.3%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.6%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.4%	23.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Richfield
1-unit, detached	61.7%	96.0%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Richfield
Poverty rate	3.2%	4.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1986	1988