Germantown vs Slinger

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

Germantown and Slinger 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 6,173 in Slinger). Germantown has the higher median household income ($104,337 vs $99,457 in Slinger). Germantown has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $337,700 in Slinger).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	Slinger
Population	20,940	6,173
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,337	$99,457
Median home value	$356,700	$337,700
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,083
Housing units	8,619	2,690
Homeownership rate	75.9%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	37.5%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	Slinger
Population	20,166 → 20,940 (+3.8%)	5,389 → 6,173 (+14.5%)
Median household income	$87,562 → $104,337 (+19.2%)	$78,387 → $99,457 (+26.9%)
Median home value	$264,100 → $356,700 (+35.1%)	$257,100 → $337,700 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,310 (+23.1%)	$920 → $1,083 (+17.7%)

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

Slinger

Population

5,3896,173

Median household income

$78,387$99,457

Median home value

$257,100$337,700

Median gross rent

$920$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	Slinger
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.3%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.1%
75 and over	7.8%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	Slinger
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	93.3%
Black or African American	4.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	Slinger
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	20.0%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	Slinger
Drove alone	78.3%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	10.1%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	Slinger
1-unit, detached	61.7%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	17.5%
20 or more units	7.1%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	Slinger
Poverty rate	3.2%	2.2%
Average household size	2.50	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1986	1993