Germantown vs West Bend

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

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

West Bend has the higher population (31,722 vs 20,940 in Germantown). Germantown has the higher median household income ($104,337 vs $75,043 in West Bend). Germantown has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $244,500 in West Bend).

Population, income & housing

	Germantown	West Bend
Population	20,940	31,722
Median age	42.3 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$104,337	$75,043
Median home value	$356,700	$244,500
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,033
Housing units	8,619	14,462
Homeownership rate	75.9%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Germantown	West Bend
Population	20,166 → 20,940 (+3.8%)	31,596 → 31,722 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$87,562 → $104,337 (+19.2%)	$60,910 → $75,043 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$264,100 → $356,700 (+35.1%)	$174,500 → $244,500 (+40.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,064 → $1,310 (+23.1%)	$858 → $1,033 (+20.4%)

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

West Bend

Population

31,59631,722

Median household income

$60,910$75,043

Median home value

$174,500$244,500

Median gross rent

$858$1,033

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Germantown	West Bend
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.2%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.0%
55 to 64	16.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.6%	10.7%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Germantown	West Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	89.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Germantown	West Bend
No high school diploma	4.1%	4.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Germantown	West Bend
Drove alone	78.3%	81.4%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.6%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.4%	8.0%
Other means	0.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Germantown	West Bend
1-unit, detached	61.7%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	13.2%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	12.6%
20 or more units	7.1%	12.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Germantown	West Bend
Poverty rate	3.2%	7.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1986	1977